Shelling of Duba-Yurt, killing of two residents of Grozny

October 11, 2001

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On the night of October 11, the village of Duba-Yurt was shelled from artillery guns. Six local residents, including children, were injured to varying degrees of severity. Three residential buildings were destroyed, and about ten more received various damages.

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At night, two local residents disappeared from the 36th precinct of the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny. According to relatives, they went to turn off the engine that generates electricity for the residents. Their corpses were discovered in the morning. Relatives and neighbors believe that they were killed by the Russian military, who were looking for violators of the so-called. "curfew".


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

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