Eight of 17 killed in special operation in Ingushetia identified
01.04.2011, 14.12
MOSCOW, April 1 (Itar-Tass) - Out of the 17 militants killed in a large-scale special operation in Ingushetia's Sunzha district on March 28, eight are already identified, the republic's head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov told a press conference in the capital.
"In the special operation, 17 militants were killed, according to the preliminary information. There are fragments of two bodies not identified yet. They are under expert examination in Moscow. I think, it will be completed within a week," he said.
The bodies of eight killed bandits have been identified in a morgue in Ingushetia. Among them are six residents of Ingushetia, who were on a wanted list, the republic’s head said.
Yevkurov also said he had no information so far whether Doku Umarov was killed in the operation.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is conducting the investigation. If there is such information, it will ...
On March 28, the Russian security forces launched a large-scale assault on militants in Ingushetia. The Russian air force was used to bomb rebels in the mountainous Upper Alkun area of the republic. Ground operations were carried out in Ingushetia’s largest town, Nazran, and other settlements. Seventeen rebels and three servicemen reportedly died in the fighting, while two people were arrested for alleged involvement in the Domodedovo airport bombing in Moscow on January 24. The special operation was reportedly prepared in advance, but only a few knew about it (www.rian.ru, March 28).
However, it was predictable that in the wake of the Domodedovo bombing, which was blamed on a young Ingush suicide bomber, Ingushetia would undergo yet another wave of police operations (EDM, March 9).
On March 23, an unauthorized demonstration was held in Ingushetia’s main city Nazran, during which protestors demanded that the republican authorities ascertain the fate of Ilez Gorchkhanov, a resident of Nazran’s Plievsky municipal district who had disappeared. Witnesses said the demonstrators, including friends and relatives of Gorchkhanov, held signs reading "Return Ilez!” and expressed the view that the special services were behind his disappearance.
A source told the Kavkazsky Uzel website that members of Ingushetia’s OMON police special tasks unit arrived at the scene of the demonstration along with members of other Special Forces units, fired in the air and then began to beat the protesters, including the father of Gorchkhanov, who was thrown to the ground and beaten with truncheons. Witnesses said that the head of Nazran’s police department, Movsar Tambiev, arrived at the scene ...
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