Ismailov: delegate of future Kumyk Parliament killed in Dagestan

Tamerlan Akaev, a villager of Mutsalaul, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, a 28-year-old supporter of Salafism, who had been elected a delegate to the future Kumyk Parliament, was shot dead in his car. According to Rasul Ismailov, the head of the human rights organization "Civil Initiative", believes that the reason for the murder could be the hostility that arose on religious grounds.

According to Ismailov, Akaev was a follower of Salafism and the leader of local youth.

"The murder was committed at midnight on June 25, when Akaev, after seeing off the village Imam, was returning home. Tamerlan Akaev was shot dead in his own car. Some 10 days ago, he and other active guys initiated election of a new Imam of Mutsalaul, which caused a conflict in the village between supporters of the new and the old Imams. Basically, the previous Imam (he was a follower of Sufism) was supported by Sufis from the neighbouring villages," said Rasul Ismailov, without specifying the source of information and details of the incident.

The murdered Tamerlan Akaev did not work, he had a wife and five children, said Ismailov.

So far, the "Caucasian Knot" has no comments from the MIA and Department of the ICRF for Dagestan on Akaev death.