| Kavkaz-Center Invaders conduct artillery strikes on mountain regions and kidnapping people Early morning of August 13 Russian artillery conducted massive strikes on southern parts of Ichkeria. People in the capital reported that the cannonade, which started at about 3 in the morning, continued until dawn. Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO) reported that the invaders were using long-range heavy artillery. So far no information is available about which of the several Districts in the mountains of Chechnya were under shelling. August 12 in the village of Alleroi, Kurchaloi District, Russian invaders took away a local resident of about 25 to 30 years of age. It was reported by one of the locals of that village. The circumstances of the incident and the name of the hostage are currently being established. Early morning of August 12 in the village of Paraboch, Shelkovo District, armed gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms and masks kidnapped local resident Mr. Nazhuyev. The locals reported that the kidnappers arrived in the village in 2 Russian-made Zhiguli cars, model 07 and 99. They broke into the house on Terkaya Street, got Mr. Nazhuyev out of his bed when he was sleeping, shoved him into one of the cars and took him away. No reason or pretext for his abduction is known. The whereabouts and the fate of Mr. Nazhuyev have been unknown ever since. Jokhar: four mercenaries shot Spokesman of the Headquarters of Northern Front of CRI Armed Forces reported that four Russian mercenaries from the so-called Internal Troops of the invaders’ formations were shot during the special operation that Chechen troops carried out last Friday in Zavodskoy (Industrial) District of Jokhar. The source reported that the sabotage unit of Chechen Armed Forces blew up a Ural truck as well. Six aggressors were injured in the blast. Meanwhile, Radio Liberty reported that Chechen troops attacked a military convoy of the aggressors in Nozhai-Yurt District of the country. Russia admitted that only one invader was killed and five injured. No reports about this operation have been received from the Chechen side. Kavkaz-Center News 2004-08-14 eng.kavkaz.memo.ru Caucasian Knot 19/8/2004 ICRC to continue its work in Ingushetia President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov met with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Magas on August 18 to discuss problems of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Chechnya and North Osetia and prospects concerning the ICRC's help to the republic. As reported by the Ingush President's press service, the head of the ICRC mission in the North Caucasus, George Kunz, promised to pay more attention to the problems of IDPs from North Osetia's Prigorodny district in future. He said he would include this group of refugees in the ICRC's humanitarian programs and consider all proposals concerning the financing of different kinds of social projects for IDPs to be presented by the ICRC's office in Ingushetia. George Kunz also told about one of the ICRC's most important projects in Ingushetia - the program of the reconstruction of a pumping station and construction of a water pipeline in the villages of Psedakh and Inarki, Ingushetia's Malgobek district. This project will solve the problem of supplying drinking water to the above-mentioned villages. Author: Malika Suleymanova, CK correspondent Source: Caucasian Knot |