In the village of Goity of the Urus-Martan region of Chechnya, at night,
from Saturday to Sunday two local residents - Lechi and Ibragim Bitayevs
were kidnapped. Interfax reports, citing the head of the region Shirvani
Yasayev, that late at night, into Bitayevs' house came unknown armed people and
under the threat of shooting [the Bitayevs] down, they have taken away both
brothers.
Yasayev's adult son was also abucted a year ago, nothing it's known about
his fate. Yasayev has been occupied for long time with questions of providing
security; however, to achieve some results is very complicated. In particular,
Yasayev described that he emphasized at the recent session of Chechnya's
administration that police of the village of Goity takes no measures in
order to avoid abductions. According to Yasayev, this is not difficult to
do - two roads leads into the village, which police could take under twenty-four
hour control. Personnel of the [police] department numbers 36 people. Furthermore,
according to Yasayev, in the populated areas of the Urus- Martan region twenty-four
hour patrolling hasn't been organized.