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| Caucasus |
| Abu Kuteib deputy killed |
| 2004-07-20 |
| Two men who were involved in the attacks in Ingushetia on June 22 have been killed in the town of Malgobek, Ingush Acting Interior Minister Bislan Khamkhoyev told Interfax on Tuesday. One of the rebels, a chieftain of the militants and a deputy to Chechen rebel field commander Abu Kuteib, was killed Monday evening, he said. The militant's name has not been disclosed at the request of investigators, Khamkhoyev said. He did disclose that the rebel was a Georgian citizen. Another militant involved in the June 22 raid was killed in Galashki on Tuesday, he said. Abu Kuteib, an ethnic Arab who had helped mastermind the Ingushetia raid, was killed in Malgobek in early July, Khamkhoyev said. "Abu Kuteib fought in Chechnya, shared in the attack on Dagestan in 1999, and was notorious rebel field commander Chattel's right-hand man. Before moving to the North Caucasus, he had fought in Bosnia, where he lost a foot," he said. Starting in 2000, Abu Kuteib recruited new militants, planned and carried out bombing attacks, and trained and financed terrorists, Khamkhoyev said. Over 30 people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the raid on Ingushetia, and over 30 others have been placed on the wanted list, he said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |