Murders, kidnappings and bombings of Chechnya

Press Service of Chechen Committee for National Rescue (CCNR) reported that late at night on August 23, 2003 in the village of Podgornoe (Upper Terek District) Russian invaders with masks on drove into the village on a UAZ jeep with no license plates and captured and took away two young men. The victims are: Adlan Elmurzayev and another young man whose last name is currently being established.

During the day both of them were found dead on the outskirts of the village of Meken-Yurt. According to the eyewitnesses, both young men were finished off by firing «control shots» in the head. It has not been established which of the units the Russian invaders who committed that murder belonged to. Mr. Elmurzayev’s relatives say he had nothing to do with the war operations in the Republic. They do not know what the reason for their murder was.

Early in the morning on August 27, 2003 Russian invaders kidnapped a local civilian in Zavodskoy District of Jokhar. The name of the kidnapped victim is currently being established. The victim’s neighbors claim that Russian invaders took all of his cash – about 60,000 rubles (equal to about $ 3,000 US dollars) and all more or less valuable items.

During the day on August 27, 2003 residents of Zavodskoy District blocked the road leading to downtown Jokhar and demanded that the puppet administration finds the victim and gets him released.

It was also reported that over the past few days Russian warplanes and artillery have been conducting massive strikes on the outskirts of the villages in the number of mountain and foothill regions of Chechnya.

According to the reports received from the locals, outskirts of the villages, gorges and woodlands in Kurchaloi, Vedeno, Shatoi and Achkhoi-Martan Districts of Chechnya are coming under artillery shelling and aerial bombings. Today no information on civilian casualties has been available so far.

Kavkaz-Center News

2003-09-02 13:38:40