Continued “cleansing” of Achkhoy-Martan, new arrests and murders

August 31, 2001

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The "cleansing" in the village of Achkhoy-Martan continued. According to the military, the operation, which involves employees of the VOVD and all law enforcement agencies stationed in the Achkhoi-Martan district, will last three days.

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In the village of Goity, officers of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic detained Abdul Edilov, who is accused of committing a number of sabotage and terrorist acts. In the village of Shatoi, Tazhudinov, Dzhumaev and Ediev were detained on suspicion of participation in the VF of the CRI during a special operation.

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In the village of Gemir-Chu, members of the VF CRI killed the deputy head of the administration of the Shali district, Yu. On August 7, the deputy head of the Shali district administration, Ruslan Doguev, was seriously wounded, and on August 12, another deputy head of the Shali administration, Lechi Apkaev, was killed.


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

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