Wednesday, 21 September 2005

SUSPECTED TERRORIST DETAINED IN CHECHNYA

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By empty (9/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

A member of an illegal armed group on a list of wanted suspects in a series of crimes has been detained in Chechnya\'s Achkhoi-Martan district, sources in Chechen law enforcement agencies told Interfax by phone on Wednesday. \"A member of an illegal armed group, suspected of involvement in two shooting attacks and a bombing in the village of Samashki in summer 2004, was detained in his home as a result of a sweep operation in Samashki,\" a source said. Early on Tuesday, the bodies of two local residents with bullet wounds were discovered in the Komsomolskoye village of Groznensky district.
A member of an illegal armed group on a list of wanted suspects in a series of crimes has been detained in Chechnya\'s Achkhoi-Martan district, sources in Chechen law enforcement agencies told Interfax by phone on Wednesday. \"A member of an illegal armed group, suspected of involvement in two shooting attacks and a bombing in the village of Samashki in summer 2004, was detained in his home as a result of a sweep operation in Samashki,\" a source said. Early on Tuesday, the bodies of two local residents with bullet wounds were discovered in the Komsomolskoye village of Groznensky district. A pistol with one bullet was collected at the scene, the source said. In another report, a cache of ammunition, including three Kalashnikov automatic rifles, a Makarov pistol, five hand grenades, 157 cartridges, two kilograms of explosives and three electrical detonators, was discovered in the basement of a ruined building in the village of Chernorechye in Grozny\'s Zavodskoi district. (Interfax)
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