Information Bulletin № 1320
Chechen Republic Republic of Ingushetia
Chechen Republic
Four persons murdered near Roshni-Chu
According to local residents, on 28 June, in a large forest near the village of Roshni-Chu of Urus-Martanovski district unknown persons shot down four persons: two employees of militia and two local residents, a man and a woman. According to the other information, a group of militiamen along with these man and woman, close relatives of one of the young people, who had recently joined insurgents, were proceeding to Roshni-Chu to persuade the person to surrender.
According to the other information, the woman and the man were detained by law enforcers as hostages and delivered to Roshni-Chu so that they would convince the insurgent to surrender. The circumstances of the incident and surnames of killed persons are being established.
Fighting in Vedeno district
According to the information, received from local residents, on 27 June, in a large forest in the vicinity of the village of Elistanzhi of Vedenski district a clash occurred between employees of the Chechen militia and a group of insurgents. During the fierce firing four militiamen were killed. Some more law enforcers received various wounds. Two participants of armed formations were killed as well.
There is information that after the clash additional divisions of law enforcers were taken to in this area, which conducted cleaning up of the area. Helicopters were used for search and strikes on insurgents.
Local resident detained in Katayama settlement
On the previous day in the settlement of Katayama of Staropromyslovski district employees of local power structures detained and took away to unknown direction one of the local residents. The information on it is received from a villager of the arrested person.
According to some information, law enforcers accused the man of belonging to insurgents. His surname is not provided due to the request of the source of information.
Republic of Ingushetia
House of ex-militia officer fired at in Nazran
On the night of June 30, in the city of Nazran, in the area called "Center-Kamaz" unknown persons subjected to bombardment from small arms and grenade cup discharges a house belonging to a family of Khamkhoevs. As a result of the attack, significant damage was caused to the house. Luckily, nobody from Khamkhoevs family was hurt.
Assailants managed to escape to unknown direction. Their searches undertaken by workers of militia have not brought any results.
The information on the incident is received from one of the inhabitants of Nazran. According to him, the owner of the attacked house, Ruslan Khamkhoev, used to work earlier as chief of Directorate for Combating Organized Crimes of the Ministry of Internal Affairsof Ingushetia. The reason for attack on the house of the former militia chief is unknown.
Cross-firing near Dolakovo
In the morning on June 29, in the vicinity of the village of Dolakovo of Nazranovski district there was a cross firing. According to local residents, the shooting was conducted not only from automatic weapons, but also from heavy arms. People say that they heard several explosions.
There is no exact information on the incident near Dolakovo. The information about it is being established.
Local resident killed in Nasyr-Kort
In second half of 29 June, on a street in the village of Nasyr-Kort (Nazran) an unknown man moving on a vehicle of "Zhiguli" VAZ-2107 opened fire from sub-machine guns on a local resident standing at the gate of his house. As a result of it, the latter received several gunshot wounds and died on the place of the incident.
Immediately after that the vehicle speeded away towards the central part of the city. Who and with what purpose has accomplished murder of an inhabitant of the village of Nasyr-Kort is unknown.
The surname of the man, the victim of unidentified killer, is being established.
Additional information
At night on 25 June, in the village of Surkhakhi of Nazranovski district, near one of the private households, a powerful explosion occurred. The blast has seriously damaged the fence and the part of the house.
The information on the incident is received from an inhabitant of the settlement. According to some information, the land mine blew off near the house, in which the family of an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia lives. The circumstances of the incident are being established. (Информационный выпуск № 1318 от 26-го июня 2008 г).
As it became known today, the house, near with which unknown persons blew off a land mine, belonged to the employee of Ingush OMON (special purpose police unit) Yusup Mutsolgov. Neither member of OMON, no members of his family suffered in this explosion.
30 June 2008
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