23:33, 24 March 2014

NAC: Idris Akavov, leader of "Babayurt" militant grouping, killed in Khasavyurt

At the spot of the shootout in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt on March 24, 2014. Photo by NAC, http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/03/25/v-khasavyurte-neitralizovany-chetvero-banditov-obstrelyavshikh-sotrudnikov-pra.html

As reported by the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) in the course of the shootout in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt four militants were killed; one of them was identified as Idris Akavov, the leader of the "Babayurt" militant grouping.

"On March 24, a VAZ-2114 car was stopped for checking documents in Toturbiev Street during operative-search activities, conducted by FSB and MIA agents. The persons in the car opened automatic fire at law enforcers," the "Interfax" quotes the message of the NAC's information centre.

One of the casualties was Idris Akavov, born in 1989. He joined the underground in September 2011 and was on the federal wanted list, the NAC reports.

The killed militants were involved "in a range of terrorist crimes, murders and shootings of law enforcement officers, extortions and looting of civilians," the RIA "Novosti" quotes the above NAC's message.