21:00, 12 November 2009

Militant killed in Chechnya was earlier given out by his relatives

Hasan Ozdamirov, who was announced as liquidated in the course of the special operation conducted by power agents on November 7 in the vicinity of the city of Argun, had been earlier given out to law enforcers by his relatives. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from an Argun resident, who closely knew the casualty.

According to the source, Ozdamirov's close relatives were exposed to constant persecutions by power agents, who demanded either to kill Hasan or to give him out to them under threat of executing other family members.

"Hasan Ozdamirov's liquidation in a special operation is a lie," said the source. "He was heavily wounded in his legs, and his friends-rebels transported him home to Argun. His relatives, so much terrorized by power agents, being afraid that he could be found during another search, gave him out to the militia. Then, Hasan was announced liquidated in the skirmish near Argun."

The source asserts that Hasan Ozdamirov had been with militants for more than two years; and all this time his relatives were under moral, physical and psychological pressure.

Author: Muslim Ibragimov

Source: CK correspondent