From March 26 to April 1, 20 people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

At least 20 people suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from March 26 to April 1, 2012. Of these, 12 persons were killed and 8 more wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The death toll includes 5 law enforcers – four in Dagestan and one in Ingushetia. Six power agents were wounded – 5 in Dagestan and one in Ingushetia.

Six suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) were killed – 4 in Kabardino-Balkaria, and 2 in Ingushetia.

The losses among civilians made 3 persons – one was killed in Dagestan and two more were wounded: in Dagestan and Chechnya.

Detentions

On March 26, in the mountainous Shatoy District of Chechnya, law enforcers detained a local resident, who was carrying in his car ammunition for a jet-fire system.

In Nalchik, power agents detained an accomplice of Alim Zankishiev, the leader of Kabardino-Balkarian militants, who was killed during a special operation.

A resident of the Sunzha District of Chechnya, suspected of helping members of the armed underground, was detained on March 29 by republic's law enforcers.

Three alleged members of the armed underground were detained in the Chechen Republic by power agents. Operations to detain them were held in the city of Grozny and the Urus-Martan District.

Disappearances

The information about detention on March 24 in the outskirts of Makhachkala of people suspected of possessing weapons has nothing to do with reality; this was stated on March 26 by activists of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the NGO "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). Besides, according to their data, the fate of the two girls who, after their official release, did not come home, is still unknown.

In Dagestan, relatives of Magomed, 31, and Abdullah, 30, Murtuzaliev cannot establish their whereabouts and fear that they might have been kidnapped, and their lives and health were at risk. Their mother, a resident of Makhachkala Zoya Abdulaeva, came to the HRC "Memorial" asking to help to find her missing sons.

Rosa Aishaeva and Larissa Nagoeva, resident of Tyrnyauz and Nalchik, accordingly, appeal to human rights activists for help in defending their sons' rights; the women assert that the sons –Murata Aishaev and Murat Nagoev – were kidnapped by power agents. According to their mothers, the young men were tortured and forced to confess of their involvement in the armed underground.