http://www.kavkazcenter.com/russ/article.php?id=10927 (quick tr.by M.L.)

Two Chechens killed in Nalchik. 60 people in the hospital

A source of the Kavkaz-center [agency] in Nalchik reports that as a result of mass beatings of Chechens in Nalchik two young fellows have been killed. More than 60 Chechens are located in the city's hospitals with different injuries. Severely beaten were also two Chechen girls.

The source of Kavkazcenter reports that behind this wave of mass anti-Chechen pogroms stand the local and Moscow special services. Its purpose is to sow the discord between the local population and the Chechen diaspora and possibly to press the Chechen refugees into occupied Chechnya to the so-called "elections", which has been set by Moscow for the 5the October.

According to some information from Nalchik, a certain Murat Nakov stands behind these mass anti-Chechen pogroms, he has close connections with the local special services. Specifically, he finances and organizes these gang groups. Furthermore, under the guise of the local hooligan youth, FSB's spetz-groups are acting, which come forward as the initiators of attacks on the Chechens.

It is important to note that, in spite of bloody pogroms and beatings the local police undertakes no actions to protect the Chechens. Moreover, in many instances it participates itself in the beatings of Chechens.

2003-09-20 04:00:34