| Almost all the militants who took part in the June 21-22 hit-and-run attack on a number of places in Russiaâs North-Caucasian territory of Ingushetia have been identified, the territorial Acting Interior Minister, Bislan Khamkhoyev, told Itar-Tass Friday. âAll of those people are known, catching them is just a matter of time, and none of the malefactors will be able to evade harsh punishment,â he said. Several dozen people involved in the attack have been arrested and are now giving confessionary evidence, Khamkhoyev said. âI will be speaking tough to those criminals, and the measures taken against them will also be tough, although in strict compliance with the law and with observance of all the rights of man,â he indicated. âWeâve confiscated huge amounts of weaponry, munitions, explosives, and uniforms,â Khamkhoyev said. âThe weapons are now kept at the department of investigations and experts are establishing whether they belonged to the Interior Ministry or to the criminalsâ. He believes the attack was prepared somewhere outside Ingushetia. The terrorist action was guided by the field commander Doku Umarov, himself a member of the gang reporting to the infamous warlord Shamil Basayev, and the composition of the grouping was international, Khamkhoyev said. |