May 15, 2001

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In the village of Duba-Yurt, Shali district, unknown persons dressed in camouflage uniforms and masks broke into the house of the head of the local administration. The guard who was there opened fire with a machine gun and killed four attackers; one managed to escape. When the masks were removed from the dead, according to local residents, it turned out that they were Russian soldiers.

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During the next blockade of the village of Alkhan-Kala, Grozny region, the Russian military pulled out of the river. Sunzha is the corpse of 37-year-old Abdurakhman Lorsanov. The victim was a taxi driver. On his minibus, the RAF often transported passengers along the Grozny-Nazran route. Since the road bridge across the river. Sunzha was destroyed, he left the car with his friends in the neighboring village of Alkhan-Yurt, Urus-Martan District, and walked home, and returned in the morning. At the Abdurakhman Lorsanov bridge, they detained the military who were there in an ambush. It was April 29th. After being tortured and beaten, he was killed and, having tied a stone, was thrown into the water under the bridge. And on May 15 they got it and put it on the road.

The Russian military, pointing to the corpse, told the local residents who were heading to the settlement that they would do the same with all Chechens. On the body of the victim, there were traces of bullet and stab wounds, according to some reports, one leg was missing, and his head was crushed by some heavy object. Immediately after the corpse was raised from the river, the leaders of the village administration began negotiations with the military about its extradition for burial. However, under various pretexts, they were denied this until noon the next day. In particular, they claimed that the victim was a militant. The command allegedly forbids them to bury the militants. In addition, obviously mocking the relatives of Abdurakhman Lorsanov, they said that they wanted to conduct a DNA test to determine his nationality. Like, there is an opinion that he is an Arab mercenary, not a Chechen. At the same time, the military gave hints to the Alkhan-Kala residents that a ransom must be paid for the corpse. The next day, that is, May 16, the funeral of Abdurakhman Lorsanov nevertheless took place. Whether money was paid for the issuance of the corpse is unknown. Relatives refused to talk about it.

From the book "People Live Here", Usam Baisaev,
Dmitry Grushkin, 2006