22:00, 24 June 2009

Ingush militants take responsibility for murdering Aza Gazgireeva and Bashir Aushev

The militants' grouping operating in the territory of Ingushetia and presented as "Mujahads of Vilayat Galgaiche" has stated they had committed murders of Gazgireeva, deputy chair of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, and former vice-premier Bashir Aushev, as well as the shelling of Osman Vyshegurov, an employee of the tax service. The statement appeared in one of separatists' websites.

According to militants' leaders, Gazgireeva was assassinated for passing sentences of long-term imprisonment to suspected underground fighters, Aushev - for his war on militants' groupings, and Vyshegurov - just for his belonging to local power.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 5 in the municipal district Barsutinskiy of the city of Nazran, on the "Kavkaz" Federal Highway unknown persons opened automatic fire on the passenger car driven by employee of the Sunzha District Branch of the Federal Tax Service Osman Vyshegurov, who was wounded.