Information Bulletin № 1287
Chechen Republic Republic of Ingushetia
Chechen Republic
Explosion on checkpoint in Grozny
On 13 May in Oktiabrski district of the city of Grozny, on a check point located on Khankalskaya-street an explosion occurred. As it became known later, domestic gas blew off in one of the premises of the checkpoint.
As a result of this blast, one of the militiamen was traumatized and was hospitalized. The information on the incident is received from an inhabitant of Grozny. According to some information, the suffered militiaman was sent to the Chechen Republic from Krasnodar region.
Detentions of citizens
Belgatoi village
As it became known from an inhabitant of the village of Belgatoi of Shalinski district, on 12 May, in this village during conduction of an "address operation" employees of power departments detained and took away to unknown direction his villager, a 43-years man (the surname is not provided due to the request of the source). The arrested person was accused by law enforcers of aiding and abetting insurgents.
Grozny’s Staropromyslovski district
According to the information, received from inhabitants of Staropromyslovski district of the city of Grozny, several days ago workers of law-enforcement structures detained a young man. A "standard" charge in belonging to insurgents was been brought against him.
The circumstances of the incident and the surname of the arrested person are being established.
Additional information
On the night of May 13, on the outskirts of the village of Chervlennaya of Shelkovski district unknown persons moving on a vehicle of "Zhiguli" opened fire from sub-machine guns at a group of militaries, who were on duty at a check point. As a result of this bombardment one of the militaries was wounded.
The information on the incident is received from an inhabitant of Chervlennaya. The surname of the victim is being established. Assailants managed to escape. Their searches undertaken "without delay" by workers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have not brought any results. (Information Release № 1286 of 13 May 2008).
As it was found out, the sergeant Fatkullin, the serviceman of division of Internal troops of MoI of Russia received a gunshot wound as a result of bombardment on a checkpoint.
Republic of Ingushetia
According to the information, received from local residents, in the evening on 13 May in the "Center-Kamaz" in the city of Nazran, employees of Russian and local power structures conducted a so-called "special operation". According to eyewitnesses of the incident, law enforcers blocked a house in Malsagov-lane and opened fire from various weapons, including machine guns and grenade cup discharges at a house. According to some information, a young man and a woman, who were in the house, have rendered armed resistance.
During the cross firing they were killed. They are local resident Bogatyrev and his 22-years wife Plieva. Law enforcers stated that the killed persons were insurgents.
During this “special operation” a 50-years old woman, the owner of the house, in which the killed persons had rented a room, was killed as well. Her surname is being established.
Additional information
According to one of the inhabitants of the city of Nazran, on 7 May, a car of an employee of Department of FSB in the Republic of Ingushetia was blown off. An explosive device of small capacity was placed under the bottom of the car "Zhiguli" VAZ-2107 parked on one of the streets of the city.
The car was seriously damaged by blast, however the owner of "Zhiguli" (the surname is being established) has not suffered. (Information Release № 1286 of 13 May 2008).
Today it became known that the car, which had been blown up in Nazran, belonged to the employee of FSB Tsaroev.
14 May 2008
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