Monday, 11 July 2005

SLAIN MILITANT\'S GROUP NAMED RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGH-PROFILE KILLINGS IN DAGHESTAN

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Daghestan\'s Interior Minister Adilgirey Magomedtagirov told journalists in Makhachkala on 11 July that the so-called Shariat Djamaat group of militants is responsible for the murders of Nationality Policy, Information, and External Ties Minister Zagir Arukhov in May and of political commentator Zagid Varisov on 5 July, and for the 1 July bomb attack in Makhachkala that killed 10 Russian servicemen. Shariat Djamaat was headed by Rasul Makarsharipov, who was killed in a shootout with police in Makhachkala last week. Also on 11 July, police in Daghestan apprehended another member of Shariat Djamaat.
Daghestan\'s Interior Minister Adilgirey Magomedtagirov told journalists in Makhachkala on 11 July that the so-called Shariat Djamaat group of militants is responsible for the murders of Nationality Policy, Information, and External Ties Minister Zagir Arukhov in May and of political commentator Zagid Varisov on 5 July, and for the 1 July bomb attack in Makhachkala that killed 10 Russian servicemen. Shariat Djamaat was headed by Rasul Makarsharipov, who was killed in a shootout with police in Makhachkala last week. Also on 11 July, police in Daghestan apprehended another member of Shariat Djamaat. (lenta.ru)
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