03 December 2008, 12:09

In Chechnya, parents of young men kidnapped by power agents find bodies of their kids in morgue

On December 1, at 3 a.m., the house of the Ilaev family located in Pervomaiskaya village, Grozny District of Chechnya, was surrounded by employees of power agencies. Having rushed into the house, some of them dragged brothers Alvi and Adkhan out of their beds and pushed them into the cars, in which the agents arrived. Others searched the house and took away TV and video appliances.

The actions were accompanied by sub-machine fire. Then, the cars left nobody knows where.

Today, the Ilaevs were informed that the bodies of their sons can be found in the morgue. Natalia Estemirova, employee of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", told the "Caucasian Knot" that numerous traces of beatings could be well seen on the bodies.

The brothers were about twenty. One of them was a student, the other worked as a security at the Pension Fund. On December 2, a child was born into his family. The Ilaevs have recently come to live in the village. According to some sources, they are natives of the Achkhoy-Martan District.

Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" has reported that according to the information from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya at night on December 2, in the vicinity of the villages of Kerla-Yurt and Nagornoe, Grozny District, employees of law enforcement bodies killed two supposed participants of armed formations, residents of the submontane Achkhoy-Martan District.

The law enforcement bodies assert that at an attempt of detention the supposed militants rendered armed resistance - the request to surrender was answered by fire; and they were liquidated in the skirmish; a Kalashnikov, a pistol and explosives were found on them.

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