Five parishioners of the mosque in Hungarian Fighters Street detained in Makhachkala

Today, after namaz (the Friday prayer) in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, policemen detained five parishioners of the mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street, where earlier a conflict burst out of believers with law enforcers, the edition named "Chernovik" writes, citing eyewitnesses. The reasons for the detention of believers are not reported.

According to eyewitnesses, operative agents drove up, put the parishioners into a white Priora car and took them away to some unknown place. The agents were in civilian clothes.

It became known later that the believers were taken to the Sovietskiy ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, the "Chernovik" reports.

The parishioners of the mosque said that detentions of mosque-goers have become systematic. At the same time, law enforcers never explain their grounds and arguments.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 31 a conflict broke out between the police and parishioners of the above mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street in Makhachkala. When law enforcers arrived at the mosque and began detaining people, parishioners tried to defend them. To stop the brawl, policemen had to use tear gas and open fire into the air.

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