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| Turkish jihadi captured in Dagestan |
| 2005-12-31 |
| A Turkish citizen was detained by police in the city of Khasavyurt in Russia's Dagestan republic on Thursday. The press service of the Dagestani Interior Ministry told Itar-Tass on Friday that the 28-year-old Turkish citizen, Sakaria Ali Soytekin-ogly had participated in the period from 2002 to 2004 in military operations against Russian federal troops in Chechnya as a member of the bandit groups under the command of Gamzat Gelayev, Abu-Havs, Usman Mutsigov and Rappani Khalilov. It is known that the foreign mercenary used the call sign "Khaidar." The police have also detained Ramil Khidirov, the owner of the house where the foreign mercenary has been hiding for a long time. Investigators are currently working with the detained in order to ascertain their complicity in crimes of the terrorist nature. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |