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| Caucasus |
| Raduyev begins decomposing... |
| 2002-12-15 |
| One of the most notorious Chechen rebels, Salman Raduyev, has died in jail in Russia, prison sources say. Raduyev was sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and terrorism, in December, 2001. That wasn't very long, was it? Russian media said Raduyev died from a brain haemorrhage, while officials said the cause of his death in the town of Solikamsk was being investigated. "I didn't think I hit him that hard!" Raduyev, 35, led an infamous raid on the southern Russian republic of Dagestan in 1996, taking hundreds of people hostage at a hospital and using some as human shields. A total of 78 people were killed in the attack. A favored tactic, isn't it? Yet there are still people who deny the Chechens are terrorists... During the Chechen war of 1994-1996, Raduyev controlled one of the most powerful rebel groups in the breakaway Russian republic. But it was his daring raid on the hospital in the town of Kizlyar which earned him a reputation for ruthlessness. Raduyev said he was taking orders from his father-in-law, the late Chechen President, Dzhokhar Dudayev, who was killed by a Russian missile in 1996. Raduyev's unit fled Kizlyar with about 150 hostages and fought their way through Russian troops to escape back to Chechnya. That's pretty much what signed Dzhokar's death warrant, too... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 One year is a lifetime in a Russian jail especially if youze a Chechan. |
| Posted by: Jack 2002-12-16 06:08:59 |
| #2 A "brain haemorrhage", forsooth... I guess it was too quick for "lead poisoning" to set in... |
| Posted by: mojo 2002-12-15 21:26:35 |
| #1 What's "daring" about a raid on a HOSPITAL? |
| Posted by: Larry 2002-12-15 12:01:20 |