Father of Teenager Who Attacked Traffic Police Post in Chechnya Kidnapped
Eldar Khumashev, the father of the 17-year-old teenager who attacked a traffic police post in early April, was kidnapped in Moscow and taken to Chechnya. His limbs and ribs were broken, the opposition Telegram channel NIYSO reports. His brothers were kidnapped along with the man.
On April 7, a traffic police post was attacked in the Chechen city of Achkhoy-Martan. Eskarhan Khumashev, armed with a knife, attacked the police officers, as a result of which they were injured. One of the security officers died in the hospital. Khumashev was shot dead at the scene.
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the attacker's actions were directed from abroad, in particular, from Ukraine, and some of the organizers are in Turkey. He demanded that the attacker's family be expelled from Chechnya and their property be confiscated. Information also spread online that Khumashev's body was put on public display near the administration of the Achkhoy-Martan district. Local residents, including schoolchildren, were forced to come to the rally so that they could publicly condemn the attack.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin "does not rely on information disseminated by opposition channels" and does not have any other information on this issue.
NIYSO representatives also said that after the publication of information about the teenager's body being put on display in the square, security forces kidnapped six of their relatives.
