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CTO in Ingushetia introduced amid reports of attacks on security forces
2023-04-04
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CTO being a counterterrorist operation

[KavkazUzel] The security forces found the alleged participants in the attack on the traffic police post on a farm in Malgobek, the suspects opened fire on the security forces, wounded one of them and fled, a law enforcement source said. Information about the shelling of security forces before reports of the introduction of counter-terrorist operation in the Malgobek region was distributed by telegram channels.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that a counter-terrorist operation regime has been announced in the Malgobek region of Ingushetia today from 20.00.

On March 29, after the attack on the traffic police post, the FSB department for Ingushetia announced the search for four residents of the republic - Mikail Moshkhoev, Ramazan Eldiev, Amir Bokov and Amirkhan Gurazhev - in connection with the preparation of terrorist attacks. On the same day, it became known that Ramazan Eldiev was found dead on the morning of March 29.

On April 1, the FSB announced that law enforcement officers  were looking for not only Moshkhoev, Bokov and Gurazhev, but also Adam Ozdoev and Movsar Kottoev in the case of planning terrorist attacks. All five are suspected by security officials of involvement in the attack on the Volga-14 traffic police post on March 27, as a result of which two security officials were injured.

The "Caucasian Knot" in the section "North Caucasus - statistics of victims" collects information about the victims of the armed conflict in the North Caucasus,Ingushetia. Chronicle of terrorist attacks, shelling and kidnappings .

Law enforcement officers have come out on the trail of alleged participants in an armed attack on a post between North Ossetia and Ingushetia. The men were hiding on a farm owned by the uncle of one of the wanted men. They were there for several days. The owner of the farm has been detained, the Ingushetia newspaper reported today, citing a law enforcement source.

"At about 16:50 Moscow time, on the outskirts of Malgobek, the district police officers carried out search activities to locate and detain the persons who attacked the Volga-14 traffic police post. As a result, suspicious persons were found in the area of ​​​​the barn, who opened fire from automatic weapons at law enforcement officers ", - the words of the source are given in the publication. 

According to this source, the attackers fled, and a police officer received a tangential wound during a shootout.

The fact that police officers were fired upon today in Malgobek during a check in the barn was also reported by the Telegram channel "Search of Ingushetia". According to him, the people who opened fire fled the scene. The plan "Interception" has been announced in the republic, the posts and mobile groups of security forces have been instructed to work in full gear in an enhanced mode. The fugitives travel in VAZ-2107 cars, burgundy and blue, without state registration numbers, the publication says.

The fact that one police officer was injured was also informed by the Ingterpol_news Telegram channel and published a photo of a car with a license plate, indicating that this is one of the cars that attacked the police officers.

The "Caucasian Knot" does not yet have official confirmation of this information of telegram channels.

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Counter-terrorist operation in Ingushetia became the first since 2020

The announcement of the CTO regime in the Malgobek region of Ingushetia was preceded by two counter-terrorist operations in the Sunzhensky and Malgobek regions of the republic in August 2020.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that a counter-terrorist operation regime has been declared in the Malgobek region of Ingushetia from 20.00 Moscow time. The security forces found the alleged participants in the attack on the traffic police post on a farm in Malgobek, the suspects opened fire on the security forces, wounded one of them and fled, a law enforcement source said.

Information about the small arms attack of security forces before reports of the introduction of counterterrorist operation in the Malgobek region was distributed by Telegram channels.

The CTO regime, which is referred to in the federal law of the Russian Federation  "On countering terrorism," allows the removal of individuals from certain areas of the terrain and objects, as well as a number of other restrictions, the "Caucasian Knot" reference material " Counter-Terrorist Operation Regime (CTO)" says.

According to the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from open sources, the CTO regime was last declared in Ingushetia in 2020.

On August 23, 2020, in the village of Troitskoye, Sunzhensky district, security forces carried out a counter-terrorist operation, in a shootout, three supporters of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia by a court were killed, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported. Local residents  complained about the inconvenience  due to the special operation.

On August 6, 2020, a counter-terrorist operation took place in Nazran and the village of Sagopshi in the Malgobek district of Ingushetia, during which a shootout with alleged militants took place. Security officials reported two killed and one detained. According to sources, another person, Ingush athlete Muslim Yevloev, managed to escape . Evloev is the champion of Asia in freestyle wrestling, he played for the national team of Kyrgyzstan, and then was disqualified due to an anti-doping rule violation.

In Sunzha, the regime of the counter-terrorist operation was announced on May 30, 2020, and a shootout took place in the city. The security forces  stormed  the outbuilding where the armed group was hiding. During the clash, the security forces killed two alleged militants, law enforcement sources said.

On May 13, 2020, the Ingush security forces carried out an operation across the Assa River in the Sunzha District, the authorities informed. In these forests on the border with Chechnya, the security forces were looking for a group of militants Aslan Byutukaev.

Prior to this, the counter-terrorist operation in Ingushetia was carried out in August 2019. Then, in the village of Voznesenskoye, Malgobek district, Ingush district, a militant was killed who refused to surrender, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said. At the scene of the skirmish, the security forces found an improvised explosive device, grenades, automatic weapons and ammunition ready for use. According to the NAC, the victim recruited supporters to prepare a terrorist attack  and leave for the militants in Syria.

In 2022,  no casualties, no incidents, no explosions, no terrorist attacks were recorded in Ingushetia . In 2021, at least one person became a victim of armed conflict in the region, a suspected militant was killed. 

Materials with monthly, quarterly and annual counts of victims of the armed conflict in the regions of the North Caucasus are posted in the section " North Caucasus - victims statistics ". Statistics for the year is also presented in the form of  infographics . The "Caucasian Knot" also keeps a chronicle of " Ingushetia. Chronicle of terrorist attacks, shelling and kidnappings."

The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on March 29, after the attack on the traffic police post, the FSB department for Ingushetia announced the search for four residents of the republic - Mikail Moshkhoev, Ramazan Eldiev, Amir Bokov and Amirkhan Gurazhev - in the case of preparing terrorist acts. On the same day, it became known that Ramazan Eldiev was found dead on the morning of March 29.

On April 1, the FSB announced that law enforcement officers were looking for  not only Moshkhoev, Bokov and Gurazhev, but also Adam Ozdoev and Movsar Kottoev in the case of planning terrorist attacks. All five are suspected by security officials of involvement in the attack on the Volga-14 traffic police post on March 27, as a result of which two security officials were injured. 
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