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.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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