26 March 2004, 17:27
Military helicopters attack teenagers in Ingushetia
On March 25, a 15-year-old teenager was killed and two teenagers were badly wounded in a missile attack from a military helicopter on the outskirts of the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzha district, a source at the Ingush Interior Ministry told the Caucasian Knot correspondent. The source denied the information spread before that the fire had been opened on a moving UAZ car.
"The incident happened at 22:30 Moscow time in the northern vicinity of the village, not far from the 4th village school. A military helicopter, which has not been identified yet, launched several missiles at one of the suburban village streets," reported the officer of the Ingush Interior Ministry's investigatory department. "As a result, three teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 who were in the street at that moment got severe missile wounds. One of them, a ninth-form student Khamkhoyev, died at the scene. The other two, Khashagulgov brothers, were hospitalized."
The happening has aroused burning indignation among the Ingush population. People rate the recent developments in the republic, including unwarranted arrests and abductions of civilians, as direct attempts to extend military operations to the territory of Ingushetia.
The republican authorities have refrained from commenting on the matter so far.
Author: Malika Suleymanova, CK correspondent Source: Caucasian Knot
