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Aftermath: Sources identify militants killed in Ingushetia
2024-03-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] During the counter-terrorism operation in Karabulak, security forces killed supporters of the Islamic State* Amirkhan Gurazhev, Zelimkhan Tsuroev, Magomed Barkinkhoev, Tagir Tsuroev, Mikail Tutaev and Bers Chemurziev, sources said.

As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, on March 3, security forces killed six alleged militants during a counter-terrorism operation (CTO) in Karabulak.

The CTO regime, provided for by the federal law “ On Counter-Terrorism,” allows for the removal of people from certain areas and objects, as well as a number of other restrictions, says the “Caucasian Knot” certificate “ Counter-Terrorist Operation (CTO) Regime.”

According to sources, during the CTO in Karabulak, 34-year-old Amirkhan Gurazhev (who was wanted for an attack on the Volga-14 post), 24-year-old Zelimkhan Tsuroev (in November 2023, was detained for promoting terrorism, then released on bail) were killed not to leave), 24-year-old Magomed Barkinkhoev, 32-year-old Tagir Tsuroev, 24-year-old Mikail Tutaev and 26-year-old Bers Chemurziev, reported today on the Sapa Caucasus telegram channel.

The investigation believes that all six were supporters of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia, the publication said.

A day earlier, on March 3, the RT in Russian channel, citing sources in the special services, published the names of those killed. The publication does not name the names, but the rest of the data coincides with those given by the source of Sapa. Caucasus. According to RT information, Amirkhan G., born in 1989, was killed; Zelimkhan Ts., born in 2000; Tagir Ts., born in 1991; Mikail T., born in 2000; Magomed B., born in 2000; Bers Ch., born in 1997.

Let us note that, as of 80.50 Moscow time on March 4, information about the identification of the dead has not been officially confirmed; there are no publications on the identification of the dead on the websites of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigation Department of the Republic.

Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia confirmed in its Telegram channel that one of the alleged participants in the attack on the Volga 24 traffic police post, Adam Ozdoev, is wanted.

Let us remind you that the counter-terrorism operation in Karabulak  was the second  in Ingushetia in 11 months. It was preceded by the CTO announced in April 2023 in the Malgobek region.

The attack on the Volga 24 traffic police post, located near the border of Ingushetia and North Ossetia, was carried out on March 28, 2023. Six residents of Ingushetia were put on the wanted list. After the attack on the police post, they exchanged fire with security forces twice more: on April 3, 2023 in Malgobek and on April 5, 2023 in Zyazikov-Yurt. They managed to escape.

During the battle in Zyazikov-Yurt, three security forces were killed and eight were wounded, which was the largest daily loss of security forces since August 2012. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "Activation of the armed underground in Ingushetia in the spring of 2023" on how these events developed.
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