Arab member of Basayev's rebel group detained
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained an Arab mercenary when he attempted to cross the Russian state border in the North Caucasus, spokesman for the regional headquarters of the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus Gen. Ilya Shabalkin told Interfax Friday morning. He said the detainee is a bomber from the group of Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev known as Abu Muskhab. Shabalkin said the detainee calls himself Kamal Burokhlim. "It has been established that he was born in 1958 in Algeria. He had a criminal record and illegally entered Chechnya in 2001," he added. Burokhlim says he was just looking for the men's room denies involvement in terrorist operations but "there is strong evidence of his involvement in a grave crime," the spokesman said. The mercenary has been on the FSB wanted list for several years, he said.
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