Abas Zugumov, killed in Kaspiisk, was militants' recruiter, police asserts

A resident of the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, killed in Kaspiisk, was a recruiter for militants. This was reported by a source at the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Let us remind you that in the evening of September 4, at the entrance of the building located in No. 14 in Mira Street in Kaspiisk, two unidentified persons with pistols shot and killed Abas Zugumov, a native of the village of Gubden of the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan.

"In the course of operational activities, extremist literature and video materials of similar nature were found at the house of the killed man. Besides, in his house, we found the list of wanted members of illegal armed formations (IAFs). And there are a number of other evidences to prove that the victim was a recruiter for militants. It is very likely that he was killed by the militants acquainted with him," the source has stated in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

On the fact of the murder of Abas Zugumov, the criminal case was instituted under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Yegor Balashov, a representative of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan.