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Thursday, 30 September 2004

LOCAL POPULATION CONTINUING TO SURRENDER ARMS IN CHECHNYA

Published in News Digest

By empty (9/30/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Two sub-machine guns, a revolver and two grenades have been surrendered by two people from Chechnya\'s Achkhoi-Martan district and a Nozhai-Yurt resident over the past 24 hours, Maj. Gen. Ilya Shabalkin, spokesman for the regional headquarters for the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, told Interfax on Thursday.
Two sub-machine guns, a revolver and two grenades have been surrendered by two people from Chechnya\'s Achkhoi-Martan district and a Nozhai-Yurt resident over the past 24 hours, Maj. Gen. Ilya Shabalkin, spokesman for the regional headquarters for the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, told Interfax on Thursday. Under the Russian Criminal Code, these people will not be punished as they have handed over their weapons and ammunition in a voluntary manner. The three are also entitled to a reward, according to a resolution issued by the Chechen government. (Interfax)
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