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More on the mufti murder
Police in Chechnya have solved the murder of Vedeno district mufti Shukhman Madagov committed in August 2003.A source at the press center of the Russian Interior Ministry in the North Caucasus said Yakub Bediyev and Islam Tukhashev were responsible. Earlier the two men were sentenced to 18 and 20 years in jail respectively for killings of civilians in Dagestan and Chechnya. In prison they confessed to another crime, committed against the spiritual Moslem leader of the Vedeno district. In their testimony they said they had been members of Khusein Gakayev's gang at that time. Its members shot the mufti for his opposition to Wahhabism and support for the authorities in their efforts to restore life in the republic to normal. Several Arab mercenaries were members of the group then, including Abu al-Walid. He would later be killed by Russian troops. Police in the Achkhoi-Martan district have detained two members of illegal armed groups. One of the detainees, a resident of the village of Novyi Sharoi, is suspected of two bomb attacks staged on the highway Rostov-Baku, a source at the headquarters of the federal forces in the North Caucasus region told Tass. Another one is wanted by law enforcers for setting up a criminal gang and for abduction. A 24-year-old local resident has defected from a gang subordinate to notorious warlord Shamil Basayev to give himself up to the police. He volunteered to cooperate with the authorities and named other gang members. He also disclosed the details of a number of crimes staged by his gang, the source at the headquarters said. Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-02-01 |
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