Information Bulletin № 1297

 Chechen Republic                                              Republic of Ingushetia

Chechen Republic

«Address special operation» in Grebenskaya

            On 26 May, in the village of Grebenskaya of Shelkovski district employees of law enforcement bodies conducted the "address special operation" detained one of the local residents, a man of about 37-38 years. This information was obtained from villagers of the arrested person.

The reason for his detention is unknown. The surname of the man is being established.

Local resident detained in Urus-Martan

            According to the information, received from an inhabitant of Urus-Martanovski district, on 18 May, in Urus-Martan workers of power structures detained a 20-years young man. There is information that law enforcers accused of belonging to militants.

The circumstances of the incident are being established.

Republic of Ingushetia

Militia checkpoint fired at in Yandare

On May 24, in the village of Yandare of Nazranovski district an unknown person fired at a mobile checkpoint of militia exposed on the federal highway "Kavkaz", presumably, from a sniper rifle. One of the bullets got into an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was on duty. Fortunately, the latter was in a bulletproof vest, in which the bullet has got stuck.

The assailant managed to escape to unknown direction. Law enforcers failed to cease him.

Clash in Sunzhenski district

        According to inhabitants of Sunzhenski district, in the first half of 23 May, in the area of Gandalbosa an armed conflict as between Russian militaries and a group of militants. After the long firing militants managed to escape to the large forest.

            Local residents say that militaries subjected the large forest to the massed bombardment from long-range weapons. The information on victims among participants of the clash is not available.

Additional information

            In the evening on May 24, on the checkpoint of State Road Traffic Safety Inspection located in the so-called area "Malgobek circle", employees of Ingush militia fired from automatic weapon at a car of "Zhiguli", in which there were several leavers of one of the local schools, who were coming back from their "last call". As a result of the firing, one of the young men in the car received a gunshot wound and was hospitalized to the hospital.

This information was provided by one of the eyewitnesses of the incident. Militiamen, according to the source, stated that they had opened fire at a vehicle because it had looked "suspicious". The surname of the wounded schoolboy is being established. (Information release № 1296 of 27 May 2008).

            As it became known today, as a result of irresponsible actions of "observers of law and order" the 17-years local resident Islam Akiev has been severely wounded.

28 May 2008

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