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Top rebel commander reported killed in Dagestan
2011-08-12
Russian forces in the Dagestan region killed seven suspected terrorists rebels, including a top leader, Russia's anti-terror committee said Thursday.

One of those killed during the operation conducted on Wednesday and Thursday in Makhachkala was Abdullah Magomedaliev, the committee said, according to Russian news sources. The thug gunman was described as "the leader of a battalion specialised in spectacular attacks against the security forces."

"Magomedaliev trained a suicide bomber and planned the the suicide attack against interior ministry base in Bouinaksk that killed 56 troops in September 2010," said the committee. Reports at the time of the attack had indicated a much lower death toll.

The committee alleged that "through his foreign network, Magomedaliev had contacts with the Georgian special service, who supported his terrorist activities." Russia and Georgia regularly trade accusations of interference in each other's security affairs.
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