Russian troops killed the leader of a Wahhabi group responsible for last week’s violent attack in the region of Ingushetia. Magomed Yevloyev died resisting Ingush and Russian officers trying to capture him, said Gelani Myerzoyev, an Ingush prosecutor.
"Y'll never take me alive, coppers!"
"Hokay. Sergei! Bring me the FROG!" |
An automatic rifle and a grenade launcher were found with his body, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. Yevloyev, 32, was believed responsible for the June 21-22 attacks against law-enforcement officers in the city of Nazran and other sites in Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya. Russian authorities blame Wahhabis for much of the violence in southern Russia.
| With lotsa justification, we might add... |
Ten people were detained in connection with the violence and three had been charged with terrorism, Deputy Russian Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky said yesterday. According to Interfax, Yevloyev was an ethnic Ingush who was born in the Chechen capital of Grozny. He is believed to have belonged to a group led by Chechen rebel Shamil Basayev. "Yevloyev used to visit his relatives and friends in Ingushetia, saying that he came under orders from Basayev to form a new unit for operations in Ingushetia," Interfax reported. Russian media also alleged Yevloyev was a deputy to warlord Doku Umarov, who police officials say was involved in the attacks. |