A leader of three Chechen bands, Lechi Eskiyev, has been killed in a special police operation in Dagestan’s city of Khasavyurt. “The destroyed Eskiyev was the commander of the ‘northern front of the armed forces of Ichkeria’ (Chechnya) and so-called emir of three districts of Chechnya – Shelkovskoi, Naursky and Nadterechny,” the ministry official said. He said that two other militants were killed during the operation. Their identity is being established. One policeman got a gunshot leg injury during the operation. He is past danger, the spokesman said.| Lechi, on the other hand, is past all cares and woe. |
| Ah, poor Lechi, we hardly knew ye ... not that we cared to ... |