September 28, 2001

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On the night of September 28, Russian artillery shelled the city of Shali. One of the shells pierced the roof of the house of Toita Abdurashidovna Dzhabrailova, born in 1965, and exploded in the room where she was sleeping with her three-year-old daughter Rumisa. The girl died immediately from her injuries, and her mother suffered a severe concussion and concussion. The woman's three fingers were cut off by a shell fragment.

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Before the onset of the curfew, Abuyazid Khasanovich Gailakov and Magomed Akhmedovich Nagaev went out to protect public order in the city of Urus-Martan. Another local resident was usually on duty with them (his name is not given at his request). Like everyone else, he was included in the list certified by the city administration and the military commandant's office.

At approximately 21.30, two or three armed men approached Abuyazid Gailakov and Magomed Nagaev at the post and shot them. The third man on duty, who was a little late, was approaching the place where his comrades were supposed to be, and was stopped by three other armed men dressed in camouflage uniforms and masks. In pure - without any accent - Russian, they ordered him to return home, saying that he had nothing to do at the post. Apparently, the area where he was located was blocked by several groups of unknown people.

A criminal case has been opened into the murder of Abuyazid Galakov and Magomed Nagaev. However, as of October 17, 2001, investigators at the Urus-Martan District Department of Internal Affairs did not even have any suspects in the crime. Blood feud was excluded from the previously developed versions. There is no strong evidence of the involvement of members of the WF of the ChRI. But most importantly, the investigation ignored the fact that at the time of the murder the area around the post was blocked by armed people. To do this in Urus-Martan, which, unlike other regional centers of the republic, is most strongly controlled by the federal government, according to the relatives of the killed, only employees of the Russian security forces could do this.

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At about 7 p.m. in the center of Argun, at a checkpoint near a roundabout, Russian security forces detained a local resident, Saypudi Dzhamulevich Maskhudov, born in 1960, who lived at 36 Mira Street. He was returning home after work, but could not walk there, as it turned out, he was not destined to go there.

On the morning of September 29, his relatives, concerned about his absence, rushed to search for him. They contacted the military commandant's office, the VOVD, and the local police department, and everywhere they were assured that Saypudi Dzhamulevich Maskhudov had not been detained. On the same day, representatives of the city council of elders were at the commandant’s office. It was they who found out that there was someone's unidentified corpse there. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Saypudi Maskhudov’s father, Jamul, arrived there and recognized him as his son. He told an employee of the Human Rights Center “Memorial” that he was not sure that a criminal case would be opened regarding his murder.

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After 22 hours, the village of Mayrtup was subjected to massive artillery shelling. Only the next day its residents learned that that night the VF of the ChRI captured the village of Kurchaloy. The Russian military began to take some active actions only after they themselves left there. And they obviously decided to launch a fire strike on Mayrtup for “prevention”.

During the shelling, the house of one of the local residents and a car belonging to another were burned down. Several residential buildings were seriously damaged and livestock died. Almost the entire population of Mayrtup was forced to spend the night in cellars.

From the book “People Live Here”, Usam Baysaev, Dmitry Grushkin, 2006.