09 November 2004, 23:48
Number of abductions grows in Chechnya
An official of the Shalazhi village administration was abducted this night in the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya (south-west of the republic), reported Chechen Interior Ministry. A group of gunmen in military uniforms entered by force the house of Ayub Ibragimov, the local administration official. Threatening him with physical violence, the attackers made Ibragimov go out in the street, forced him in a car and took away in an unknown direction.
Yesterday, November 8, another man was abducted in the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya (south-west of the republic). Gunmen wearing masks and camouflage uniforms abducted local Magomadov in the village of Zakan-Yurt. The abductors moved in Zhiguli cars without number plates.
Criminal proceedings have been instituted in connection with the abductions of Ibragimov and the resident of Zakan-Yurt, reported the Chechen Interior Ministry. The criminals are being searched for.
Author: Sultan Abubakarov, CK correspondent Source: Caucasian Knot
