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| Archive files found after Vagabov destruction to help kill gunmen |
| 2010-08-26 |
| (Itar-Tass) -- The archive files, which the security services had found after the destruction of warlord Magomed-Ali Vagabov in Dagestan evokes a real interest and will help destroy and neutralize the gunmen, Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov told Itar-Tass here on Wednesday. "During the combat operation we succeeded to find those archive files, which present a real interest in terms of the place and the role, the goals and the tasks, which they (gunmen) were pursuing, the ties that they were maintaining with the bandit underground in the North Caucasus and abroad," the FSB director underlined. "Since last March after the tragic events in the Moscow metro we were doing our best to neutralize Vagabov's gang, primarily Vagabov himself. We succeeded to do it quite recently," Bortnikov said. "I believe that these materials can most probably be made public after corresponding procedural actions soon. They really present a keen interest for the security services," he pointed out. Vagabov and four other gunmen were destroyed on August 21 in a special operation in the Dagestani settlement Gunib. According to the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee, Vagabov's gang is involved in numerous terrorist acts in Dagestan and outside the republic. Vagabov was a mastermind of the suicide bomb attacks in the Moscow metro and was recruiting actively young people in the bandit underground and was training female suicide bombers. Back in 2005 Vagabov declared himself as emir Abdullah of Gubden and led the so-called Gubden terrorist group, as well as was the second main bandit in the Imarat Caucasus hierarchy and a Shariat judge appointed by another warlord Doku Umarov. |
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