Dagestan five villagers detained during searches in Sogratl, local reports

Today, during searches conducted in the village of Sogratl in Dagestan, law enforcers detained five persons, including the principal of the rural school. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a local resident.

Today, the information about the searches in the village of Sogratl was received by the SMS service of the "Caucasian Knot". "In the village of Sogratl, law enforcers conduct unlawful searches, unlawfully detain civilians and plant ammunition to them," the author has written in the SMS.

A local resident, who preferred to remain anonymous, has reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that today, at about 8:00 a.m., armed policemen began to arrive in the village of Sogratl located in the Gunib District of Dagestan. The law enforcers have cordoned off the village and demanded that all villagers should leave their house and stand in line. Then, according to the local resident, the law enforcers began to conduct searches.

"The policemen acted tough. They literally broke into the houses and pulled the local residents out. They refused to present their IDs. They showed no search warrants, and they drew no protocols on searches and left no documents," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by the local source.

The local resident associates the police raid with the recent shelling of three policemen that occurred in the Gunib District on May 15.