As a result of the special operation taking place in the village Novie Ataghi
since18 December 2002, the following persons are missing:
Rivzan Kadyrov, b. in 1974,
Hamzat Debizov, b. in 1974,
Magomed Kasumov, b. in 1974,
Akhmad Kasumov, aged 23, and
Ismail Kasumov, aged 28.
Since 19 December 2002 Tokayev, Tukhigov and Yupayev have been detained in
the village. According to the information of the government of Chechnya,
the number of the missing people have exceeded 1000. For the last two months
175 people have been listed as missing. And most of the were captured by
the employees of force structures of the Russian Federation.
The relatives of Hamzat Hajimuratov applied to the office of the Society
of Russian-Chechen Friendship with a request to assist them in search of
Hamzan Martanovich Hajimuratov, b. in 1968, resident of the village Khattuny,
who disappeared in Grozny in 2001.
The Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship, Press Release #328, December 23,
2002