| Two
children in critical condition after
Chechnya bombing Interfax. Monday, May. 10, 2004, 10:40 PM Moscow Time GROZNY. May 10 (Interfax) - Two children under age 10 are in critical condition after the Sunday bombing in Grozny that killed at least six people, including Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, an emergency center doctor said on Monday night. The two children are among at least 13 people who remain hospitalized in the republic after the attack, Dr. Manash Usmanova of the Zashchita Disaster Medicine Center told Interfax. She said statistics about servicemen who were injured in the blast have not been made available to the center. Some of them have been taken outside Chechnya for treatment. Usmanova said that in total, 86 people had asked for medical assistance following the bombing. She confirmed the official death toll at six nanova (no dateline) Ekho Moskvy 10 May 2004 [BBC Monitoring] Russian journalist says slain Chechen president`s son "extremely cruel" Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has alleged that Ramzan Kadyrov, son of the slain Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov and newly appointed deputy leader of Chechnya, abused his father's political opponents in the run-up to the presidential poll in Chechnya on 5 October 2003. She said this on 10 May to Russian Ekho Moskvy radio: "He is an extremely cruel man. His chief of staff used to be one of the most cruel men among the militants led by (Chechen warlord Shamil) Basayev before switching sides after an amnesty. I have met several people who told me that Ramzan Kadyrov personally tortured them in his home in the village of Tsentoroy. These people were associated with other candidates for the presidency during the presidential campaign, that is to say, in August-September of last year (2003). And they said that Ramzan Kadyrov and that other man with him (presumably the chief of staff) used very elaborate torture. For example, they would peel narrow strips of skin off a person's back. This is the sort of torture you would call medieval brutality. That is perhaps the best characterization of the kind of person he is, if he is to be judged by his deeds. Also, in the same village of Tsentoroy, which has now been turned into a sort of fortress, orgies are known to take place after torture. I have personally been told about this too." Chechen spokesman says appointment of late leader`s son good for war on terror Grozny, Itar-Tass, 10 May: The appointment of Ramzan Kadyrov as first deputy chairman of the Chechen government "will strengthen the campaign against terrorism in the republic", Ziyad Sabsabi, the head of the Chechen president's administration has told ITAR-TASS. Acting Chechen leader Sergey Abramov signed the relevant order appointing Akhmat Kadyrov's son first deputy prime minister today. "This appointment undoubtedly signifies that the Chechen leadership intends to continue with the policy begun by Akhmat Kadyrov who died yesterday in a terrorist incident in Groznyy and reflects determination to finish what he started," said Sabsabi. "Political continuity will be preserved. Furthermore, the appointment of Ramzan Kadyrov, who was formerly head of the Chechen president's security service, will beef up the security force presence in the Chechen government with a view to intensifying the war on terrorism in the republic." [passage omitted] |