Atrocities of Russian servicemen in Chechnya

Two residents of Goiti were illegally arrested
On the night of 20 April 2003, The Russian servicemen captured two residents of the village Goiti of Urus-martan district - Aslanbek Tsabaev and Said-Ahmed Dimaev.

The relatives of the captives managed to find out that both of them were kept in the police department of Urus-Martan. Nothing is known about the reason for the illegal detention of Tsabaev and Dimaev.

Two people were killed in Roshni-Chu

On the night of 27 April 2003, the militiamen in masks broke into one of the houses of the village Roshni-Chu of Urus-Martan district, Chechnya. According to the employees of the District Department of Internal Affairs, they were trying to capture a local resident, suspected to be q Chechen fighter taking part in military actions carried out on the territory of the republic. According to the eye-witnesses, it was not a special operation, it was "an usual attempt to seize a Chechen man for ransom".

The militiamen managed to capture the young man. However, the latter seized one of the militiamen's gun and started firing back. As a result of a short firing, colonel Gairbekov, head of the group of militiamen, and the man under suspicion were killed.

An unsuccessful attempt of kidnapping

On the night of May 6 2003, the employees of Russian and local force structures made an attempt to kidnap a resident of Grozny. According to our information, the servicemen in masks in two UAZ cars accompanied by an armoured carrier drove to the house of Tamerlan, a surgeon by profession (his surname is unknown).

When they were trying to get into the house, Tamerlan opened fire. According to his neighbours, the surgeon had been captured earlier and aftern paying a ransom he was set free.

The exchange of fire lasted a few minutes. People, mainly the residents of the sector 12, who knew and respected Tamerlan, began to gather. Having seen a crowd of the people living nearby, the assailants hastily left the place and disappeared.

The Chechen Committee of National Salvation,
Press Release #324, 09.05.03. Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia
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