Rocket launch and self-sacrifice of a man to save children, explosions of civilians on mines in Grozny

August 9, 2001

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Said-Akhmed Abdul-Muslimovich Tasuev, born in 1965, residing at the address: Staropromyslovsky district, Podgorny village, Pervomayskaya street, was repairing a car at a service station located in Grozny in the village of Voikov, when from the back of a truck "Ural", moving along the road in a convoy of an armored personnel carrier and a UAZ vehicle, someone from the Russian military fired a rocket. She fell near children selling gasoline. Fearing that they might get hurt, Said-Akhmed Tasuev grabbed her and tried to throw her aside. But he did not have time: the rocket exploded, his hand was torn off.

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In a wasteland adjacent to the territory where the buildings of the government of the Chechen Republic, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and law enforcement agencies are located, Said-Magomed Dzhamalaylov, 65 years old, who lived on Klara Zetkin Street, was blown up and killed by a tripwire mine. He went to collect hay, which he had cut in this place even before August 6, when security measures were tightened in the city. Apparently, fearing sabotage by the CRI WF, the military mined the approaches to government buildings.

The corpse of Said-Magomed Dzhamalaylov was taken away from the military only on the second day by his wife.

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Ruslan Eminovich Dzhambekov, born in 1968, was blown up by a trip mine in the Leninsky district of Grozny on the territory of the brewery. (lives at the address: Baku street, 23). He was engaged in the collection of metal for sale. The wounded man was taken to the commandant's office of the Leninsky district on suspicion of laying a landmine. On August 13 he was released. Ruslan Dzhambekov is ill with tuberculosis and suffers from epileptic seizures.

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In the afternoon, during a “cleansing operation” at the 20th precinct of the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny, the Russian military killed a 24-year-old man who was detained in his house.

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Residents of the village of Starye Atagi learned that on the outskirts of the village there are burial places of unknown people (up to 12 people). However, searches organized the next day did not yield any results.


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

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