Vedeno district mufti killed execution style

http://www.echo.msk.ru/7news/archive/156744.html (translation by M.L.)

New crime in Chechnya. Mufti of the Vedeno district Shamkhan Madagov killed.

On 31 August 2003 12:33:09

Interfax reported that late at night, several people in the camouflage uniform armed with automatic machine guns took muft  into the court of  his house and they shot him dead. According to the data of local administration, operational- investigation action began only in the morning.Thus far it was impossible to detain criminals. On the spot where the mufti was killed an investigation team is working now.

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http://www.lenta.ru/vojna/2003/08/31/alvalid/ (translation by M.L.)

MVD of Chechnya: Mufti of the Vedeno District was killed by fighters Abu al-Walid

Mufti of the Vedeno district of Chechnya Shamkhan Madagov killed boyeviks from the detachment of Arab mercenary Abu al-Valid. As reports the information agency RIAN this version  was announced by the MVD officials if Chechnya The fact is that from the middle of August al-Valid's gang was blocked in the Vedeno district

Let us recall, that the mufti was killed on the night of the 31st of August. Into his house in the village of Elistanzhi some armed people in the camouflage uniforms broke in, they took the mufti into the courtyard and they shot him dead. "Gazeta.Ru" reports that, according to his neighbors, into the mufti's house broke in not less than 50 people. A criminal case for the article 105 UK of Russia ("murder") has been opened.

As publication transfers, attorney Chechni reported that in Elistanzhi, where was killed Madagov, were sent investigation teams and operational workers, in which were included experienced employees of the MVD, prosecutorship, special services and other departments.

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Rebels kill Vedeno district mufti in Chechnya 31.08.2003

GROZNY, August 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Rebels have executed Mufti of Chechnya's Vedeno district Shaiman Madagov, sources in the Chechen interior ministry told Itar-Tass on Sunday.

Several rebels wearing masks broke into the mufti's house in Elistanzhi on Saturday evening. They took the mufti to the yard and executed him.

The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has instituted criminal proceedings. The republican police are looking for suspects.

http://friendly.narod.ru/2001e/info106e.htm

Press release from Society of the Russian-Chechen Friendship

June 28, 2001, Madagov Abdul-Valid, 34, mullah and mufti of the Vedeno district, father of four, resident of Elistanzhi, was returning by taxi from Grozny. His documents were thoroughly checked at the checkpoint in the village of Serzhen-Yurt in the Shali district. He was asked: "Is this Madagov Abdul-Valid?" - and allowed to go on. When there were just five hundred meters left to drive to the village of Elistanzhi two helicopters appeared, circled three times, 28 June 2001 and began to fire endlessly on the car. The driver Zakarayev was shot to pieces, and Madagov was wounded in the site. He pretended he was dead. Then the helicopters flew away. After being treated in intensive care Madagov is now returning to life.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460492003?open&of=ENG-RUS

[Rizvan Yaragievich Appazov was reportedly taken to a Russian army barracks on the site of a former asphalt factory. He has not been seen since, and his current whereabouts are unknown. Two of his relatives, Emi Saipudinovich Esambaev, who is the head of the local administration, and local mufti (Muslim religious leader) Abdul-Valid Madagov, went to the barracks to find out where Rizvan Yaragievich Appazov was being held. Soldiers at the barracks would only tell them that he had been taken to the main Russian military base in Chechnya at Khankala for further checks. However, this has not been confirmed. No reason has been given for his detention.]

In 2001, Rizvan Yaragievich Appazov's brother was also detained by Russian federal soldiers as he herded cattle in pasture. He has not been seen since.