A special operation is continuing in southern Chechnya to find and destroy a band that attacked the village of Ishkhoi-Yurt in the night of April 12. The operation engages special forces of the Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service, the security service of the Chechen president and the military commandant’s office of the Nozhai-Yurt district, the district’ administration head Vakha Magamgaziyev told Itar-Tass on Monday. He said woodlands, gorges and mountain paths had been blocked. The operation began over the weekend.
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Police are carrying out passports checks in several residential areas. Magamgaziyev said local residents were giving active assistance to law enforcers in spotting people aiding rebel gangs and arms dumps. He said no restrictions on the movement of people were imposed during the passport checks. Senior officials of all power-wielding structures involved in the operation will hold a meeting on Monday. As for the news reports about the possible death of Arab-borne warlord Abu al-Walid in Chechnya, Magamgaziyev said it there was no certainty about that.
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