An Islamic militant leader in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria has reportedly claimed responsibility for six killings in the southern Caucasus Stavropol Krai region last month. In a video posted on the Internet on February 9, Tengiz Guketlov said the deaths had nothing to do with the Islamic insurgency's previous
Last month, six dead bodies were discovered in or near four cars in two separate districts outside the city of Stavropol. Two cars were booby-trapped.