 In a special operation in Chechnya, three militants from Shamil Basaev's and Doku Umarov's gangs have been detained and one was killed, the North Caucasian counterterrorist operation's press service said. One of the detainees from Magomed Vagapov's gang under Basayev, is being held on a number of crimes and is ready to cooperate with investigators.
| "Owowowowowow! I'll cooperate!" |
The 23-year old militant has disclosed whereabouts of a gang cache of two Kalashnikov assault-rifles and a big amount of ammunition, the service said.
| Are they gonna take him there at 4 a.m. to retrieve them? |
The service reported that active member of illegal armed formations Shamsutdin Yunusov, a member of Ayub Salimkhanov's gang, was killed in a recent special operation in the Urus-Martan district. "An AKS-74 assault rifle and a self-made grenade were confiscated at the combat site. Law-enforcement officials have information that Yunusov took part in the bandit raid in Ingushetia in June 2004," a service spokesperson said. In a special operation in the Shali district, a member of Akhmed Yunusov's gang, also linked to Basayev, was captured with an assault rilfe and a full magazine. A militant from Dzhambulat Khatuyev's gang, with ties to Umarov, was arrested in Achkhoi-Martan, in connection with a local armed raid. He was previously wanted for "banditry." The detainees are being kept in pre-trial detention centers, while their crimes are being investigated. |