27 July 2005, 10:46
Mass detention in Chechnya
A policing operation was conducted by officers of Chechnya's presidential security service in Argun, Shali district, at about 4.00 am on 27 July. The operation was carried out in the district of so-called Islamic settlement, Zavodskaia and Sheripov streets.
About 100 men aged 14 to 70 were detained in the clean-up, according to preliminary information, the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society reports.
Practically all detainees were later released. The destiny of only one of the detained men, Magomed Abuyevich Ayubov, remains unknown. Ayubov is reported to be a Chechen police officer.
