On December 22-28, five people fell victim to North-Caucasian armed conflict

During the week from December 22 to December 28, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus gave birth to five victims; of them, four were killed and one was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

All the casualties had been involved, according to the police, in the activities of the armed underground: three were killed in Ingushetia and one in Chechnya.

Attacks on law enforcers

On December 25, in the settlement of Sernovodsk, Sunzha District of Chechnya, an unidentified person, who took refuge in one of the houses, shelled law enforcers. As a result, a special fighter of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) was wounded. The district was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, the house, from where the fire was delivered, was blocked, and residents of nearby houses were evacuated. The militant hiding in the house refused to surrender and was killed in the shootout. He was pre-identified as one of active members of the "Makhauri grouping".

On December 28, in the village of Ordjonikidzevskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, in one of the streets policemen tried to stop a car with suspected IAF members inside. During an armed clash, all the three alleged members of the armed underground were killed and identified as Ramzan Makhauri, Ramzan Gagaev and Amerkhan Amatkhanov. According to the authorities, they were wanted for involvement in terrorism in the territory of Ingushetia and encroachment on lives of law enforcer officers.

Special and counterterrorist operations

On December 24, passport checks were conducted in the area of private houses of the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny. Several dozens of cars with law enforcers arrived there; and then policemen moved along the street, visiting all the households. Eyewitnesses reported that power agents were mainly interested in new residents or strangers. A source from the MIA has treated these measures as "prevention". No information about detainees was reported.

Detentions

On December 24, power agents, who arrived in military vehicles, searched the houses of residents of the village of Bayram in the Khasavyurt District. After the searches Magomed Sulaev, a local resident, was detained; earlier, he had stated the torture he was subjected by the police. During the day, his relatives could not locate him. The on duty unit of the Khasavyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) said that Sulaev was not among their detainees.

On December 27, Sabir Ibragimov, born in 1988, was detained in Khasavyurt, his wife Aina reported. According to her story, their apartment was visited by a Khasavyurt policeman; and after him armed men wearing masks broke into the flat and searched it. Nothing illegal was found. Then they took Ibragimov away with them, saying that he would be questioned at the police station.