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| Maskhadov hard boyz jugged | |
| 2004-03-26 | |
Army special forces have captured a three-member band of shot-firers from rebel groups under Chechnyaâs ex-president Aslan Maskhadov, a spokesman for the staff of the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, Colonel Ilya Shabalkin said.
Special units have seized 140 kilograms of the explosives. A certain Avdorkhanov supervised the preparation of the terrorist acts, Shabalkin said. The three bomb-makers were arrested near the village of Alleroi. Under pressure of incontrovertible proof there showed the location of a base and a cache containing several powerful explosive devices. The cache belonged to the band of Avdorkhanov, a former commander of the presidential guard and chief of security of Maskhadov, Shabalkin said. âEleven powerful explosive devices have been found in the cache. These were buckets filled with TNT and metal fragments. A total of 140 kilograms of the explosive substance have been seized. All explosive devices were equipped with electric detonators,â he said. According to operational information, the band reporting to Maskhadov specialized on the manufacture of explosive devices, which a seized video recording indicates. The bandits have used some of the bombs. They planned to use the rest in attacks on officials in the capital Grozny and in some villages of the Kurchaloi district. | |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |