| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| 9 busted over the last 2 days |
| 2005-05-04 |
| Nine militants have been detained in Chechnya in during the past two days, spokesman for the regional headquarters of the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus Maj. Gen. Ilya Shabalkin told Interfax on Monday. Shabalkin said the detentions were the result of a number of energetic efforts meant to guarantee public security and neutralize militants. He said public support facilitated the success of the pinpoint actions. Three of the militants were seized in Grozny. Two of them are suspected of organizing and perpetrating terrorist acts against the authorities and federal troops in the Vedeno and Shali districts. The third, a resident of Urus-Martan district, was part of a militant group in the Urus-Martan and Achkhoi-Martan districts. Shabalkin said one more militant was captured near Grozny. A resident of Starye Atagi and a member of Isa Sadayev's armed group, he is suspected of several crimes, including armed attacks on civilians. Five more militants were captured in operations in Petropavlovskaya, Novoterskoye, Gudermes and Urus-Martan. Detectives say they are suspected of involvement in terrorist attacks, and shooting at servicemen, Shabalkin said. He said the situation in Chechnya during the weekend was generally calm due to the the precautions taken by the authorities to guarantee public order and security. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |