MIA of Dagestan asserts that they don't sell bodies of killed terrorists to relatives

Today, the head of the press-service of Dagestanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has refuted the statements that the bodies of the terrorists, who had been liquidated during special operations, and not subject to issuance for burial, are sold by militiamen to relatives.

Mark Tolchinskiy, head of the MIA's press service, said today that militia is not engaged in selling bodies of murdered terrorists, which, according to the federal legislation, cannot be given out to their relatives for burial.

Mr Tolchinskiy has stated, dwelling on the special operation held on September 17 in the Suleiman-Stalskiy District of Dagestan, that "all the persons liquidated during the operation on September 17 in the Suleiman-Stalskiy District were buried secretly from their relatives in a mass tomb with serial number tags attached. The exception was made to Ramil Navruzov, whose body was officially given out. This guy had no attitude to terrorism, and just helped terrorists with food and money."

We remind you that the information that militiamen were allegedly selling bodies of terrorists to their relatives for burial was announced in the course of several rallies.

One of such pickets was organized on September 19 by relatives of the casualties of the special operation conducted in the Suleiman-Stalskiy District.

We remind you that the relatives of eight out of ten casualties, who rallied at the Prosecutor's Office, had asserted that their children were no terrorists. According to their version, two months ago in Derbent a fight burst out after a wedding party, in which one person was killed. Four persons out of the participants of the fight, being afraid of punishment for the murder, went to hide in the woods. The others, as the relatives assert, were summoned to the UBOP (Department to fight organized crime) for interrogations and asked to disclose the whereabouts of their friends. After that, the others also went away to the woods.

Parents of the casualties assert that some intermediaries have already approached them offering to buy out the bodies at a rate of 1 million roubles.