October 28, 2001
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In the morning, in the village of Chiri-Yurt, on the outskirts of the cement plant village, the Russian military carried out a search in the apartments of house No. 1. They filmed their actions on a video camera. As a result, Islam Shamsuddinovich Dugushev, born in 1985, living in apartment 11, was planted with drugs and explosives. The “evidence” became the reason for the arrest of the teenager. According to available information, he was taken to the city of Shali and placed in the commandant’s office building. Human Rights Center “Memorial” does not have information about the further fate of Islam Dugushev.
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On the Rostov-Baku highway between the village. Russian soldiers killed a man in Samashki and Assinovskaya village.
According to eyewitnesses, at approximately 11 o'clock in the morning, fire was opened from a passing military column at a Zhiguli car belonging to a resident of the village of Orekhovo, Atiev. His brother was in the car with the driver. Getting ready to let the convoy pass, Atiev pulled to the side of the road and stopped there when shots were heard from the trailing armored personnel carrier. As a result of targeted shooting from a sniper rifle, one of the brothers was mortally wounded and died. Officers from the Achkhoy-Martan District Department of Internal Affairs went to the scene of the incident. Human Rights Center “Memorial” does not know whether a criminal case was opened regarding the murder of Atiev.
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At approximately 19:00 in the city of Argun, a UAZ car with local policemen was blown up by a landmine. Three of them were killed and two were injured. After some time, the Russian military arrived at the scene and immediately opened indiscriminate fire at nearby houses. As a result, several civilians were injured to varying degrees of severity. Pets that found themselves on the street at that time were killed.
After some time (according to the Argun residents, within an hour, i.e. about 20 hours), several city streets came under mortar fire. The houses on Zavodskaya Street, next to the mosque, were especially badly damaged. One person died. Four women were taken to hospital with serious injuries, one of them in critical condition.
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A helicopter landed on the outskirts of the village of Bachi-Yurt. The Russian soldiers who came out, threatening with weapons, detained several people working in the field, put them in a helicopter and took them to the village of Khankala. The detainees were released the next day. This happened thanks to the intervention of authoritative villagers.
From the book “People Live Here”, Usam Baysaev, Dmitry Grushkin, 2006.
