Law enforcement officials have killed a Saudi citizen, Abu Kutayba, who was suspected of organizing the attack in Ingushetia on June 22, ITAR-TASS reported Friday.
Abu Kutayba was killed on Thursday and identified on Friday, spokesman for the regional headquarters of the North Caucasus anti-terrorist operation, Colonel Ilya Shabalkin, was quoted by the agency as saying.
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The Saudi was a âclose associate of the terrorist Khattab killed in Chechnya, an emissary of international terrorist organizations.â Shabalkin added that the killed man had helped finance rebel groups in Chechnya and neighboring republics. The number of suspects detained since Wednesday has grown to 16, RIA Novosti reported. 10 of them have confessed to having taken part in the attack, presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District, Vladimir Yakovlev, was quoted by the agency as saying. |