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[KavkazUzel] Security forces planted evidence during a search of the home of builder Zaur Magomedov, who is accused of involvement in militant attacks in Derbent and Makhachkala, his relatives said. The conclusion of a visit to Magomedov in a pretrial detention center, during which he spoke about torture, was sent to the prosecutor's office, the chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan said. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, Zaur Magomedov, who was arrested in connection with the militant attack in Derbent and Makhachkala, stated that he had been tortured and said that he had nothing to do with what happened, the head of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan reported. On June 27, a court in Makhachkala arrested a member of a group created by Osman Omarov under the article on a terrorist act. According to the investigation, the accused helped organize the attack in Derbent, but did not participate in it. On July 4, it became known that residents of Sergokala and Makhachkala Magomed, Khalid and Zaur Magomedov had been arrested for two months on charges of preparing terrorist acts and illegally trafficking weapons and explosives.
The Chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan, Shamil Khadulaev, sent to the prosecutor's office a conclusion based on the results of his visit to the Makhachkala pretrial detention center No. 1 of Zaur Magomedov, who was arrested in connection with the case of the militant attack in Derbent and Makhachkala.
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"We sent the report. We indicated there what we saw and what he told us. The report contains more information than I have publicly disclosed. There are certain facts there that the prosecutor's office should check," he told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to him, the commission members visited Magomedov after the mother of the arrested man reported that her son had been tortured. "We visited him, there were signs of torture on his body. He said that he had been beaten and electrocuted," Khadulaev said. There were no complaints about torture from other people arrested in the case of the militant attack or their relatives, he added.
Zaur's mother Raziyat noticed traces of torture in court when they were choosing a measure of restraint for her son. "I was not able to talk to him then, but I saw traces of torture. It was obvious that he was beaten there. He told the appointed lawyer about the torture. That's why we turned to human rights activists for help. Now we are looking for a lawyer who will defend him," she told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Zaur worked as a builder, which was the reason for meeting Osman Omarov, she noted. "My son is 29 years old, he has two small children and a pregnant wife who is due to give birth in September. He works as a builder, he has equipment for automated plastering. This is his main activity. He is an exemplary family man. He has never been detained, never been charged. He met Omarov through these jobs, he did his plastering. He has no family ties with the other arrested people with the last name Magomedov," she said.
Raziyat told the details of the search of her son's apartment. "The security forces came to my son's pregnant wife, took her phone, called the neighbors and started searching the apartment. The daughter-in-law and the people around were sitting in the kitchen, waiting for them to finish. They didn't find anything, and then, as the daughter-in-law says, another person came. He went into the room and then ordered a search there. He was told that they had already searched there and found nothing, but he insisted that they look again.
And at that moment they found some kind of package with a piece of paper inside, on which something was written in Arabic. The daughter-in-law saw all of this. Then they pulled out a grenade and some kind of homemade device from the laundry basket, although the daughter-in-law had emptied the basket two days ago, and her son had not been home for two days. It turns out that she herself threw it there? Well, how can they work like that?" Zaur's mother is surprised.
For a long time, the security forces refused to call an ambulance for Zaur’s wife, who became ill after the search, said Zaira, Zaur’s sister. "On July 1, I called my daughter-in-law, but she did not pick up for a long time. I got worried and went to her. And there were security forces there, they did not let me in, but I still got into the apartment and saw my daughter-in-law in tears. It turned out that she felt ill, but no one called an ambulance. One of them called a gynecologist he knew, who recommended a pill for her. Then she wanted to go to the toilet, she got up and lost consciousness.
They somehow brought her to her senses, and a neighbor called an ambulance. I happened to be there at the moment when the doctors were standing near the apartment, but they were not allowed in. I made a noise, began to swear at them, she had a "stone stomach". In the end, we managed to take her to the hospital. Thank God, she is better, there is no longer a threat of miscarriage," she told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Neither Zaira nor Ruziyat have been questioned yet as part of the criminal case opened against Zaur, they said.
A source familiar with the situation told the "Caucasian Knot" that Zaur Magomedov is accused of illegally storing cartridges and a grenade, as well as preparing for a terrorist act. But he does not admit to any of the charges. "After his arrest, they searched his first wife. There they found cartridges and a hunting rifle. They came, showed him, he showed a permit allowing him to have cartridges and a hunting rifle. Then they went and searched his second wife, where they allegedly found a grenade and other cartridges. But Zaur insists that it is not his. His wife also confirms this, she says that the security forces planted the grenade and cartridges. At the moment, he has not admitted anything, has not signed, despite the torture," he said.
There are signs of torture on Zaur's body, the source confirmed. "Zaur said that he was tortured to make him confess. He said that he could not stand the pain, he offered them to say whatever they wanted, just so that they would stop torturing him. But they told him to tell what Zaur knew. He told them everything. Zaur met Omar four years ago, when he was doing plastering in his house. A year and a half ago, he did plastering for him again, but in his store. He paid him for the work in cash and made transfers. They found these transfers and that's how they got to Zaur. They were not friends, did not communicate. Zaur told the investigators all this," the source said.
On June 23, Trinity Day, which is one of the main Christian holidays, militants attacked the Orthodox Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin and the Kele-Numaz Synagogue on Tagi-Zade Street in Derbent, as well as the Holy Dormition Cathedral and the synagogue on Ermoshkina Street in Makhachkala. As a result of the attacks, 22 people were killed, including 17 security forces, and 46 were injured. On June 23, the American Institute for the Study of War stated that the cell "Vilayat Kavkaz", a division of the "Islamic State"*, was behind the attacks.
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