06:17, 3 October 2014

Ingush natives detained after incident near mosque arrested for two months

Two natives of Ingushetia detained after the riots in Moscow near the mosque in Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street are suspected of using violence against law enforcers. The court has arrested them for two months. Other 33 people were subjected to administrative arrest.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on September 26, in Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street in Moscow, OMON (riot police) fighters detained a mosque-goer suspected of involvement in a non-serious road traffic accident. After that, mosque-goers blocked the bus with OMON fighters and forced them to release the detainee. Later, an official from the Moscow Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported the detention of all the offenders who rendered resistance to the police during the incident. According to journalist Ali Charinsky, who made the coverage of the incident, the police detained several dozens of people.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Oleg Krasnov

Source: CK correspondent