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| Chechen commander bagged in Khasavyurt |
| 2004-01-16 |
| Police detained a Chechen rebel group leader in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, on Wednesday, a source in the Khasavyurt district police force told Interfax. "Emir Islam Soltanmuradov, 21, a resident of the Shali district of Chechnya, was detained in the course of the Vikhr-Antiterror (Anti- Terrorist Whirl) operation," the source said. Assuming emir is his title, that probably makes him a jamaat or basically platoon commander. Soltanmuradov has been charged with murder, terrorism and forming a criminal group. He has been handed over to the Chechen police. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |