Police names four residents of Chechnya participating in warfare in Syria

Chechen law enforcers have identified four local residents, who take part in warfare in Syria.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in June 2013, the Chechen leadership admitted that residents of the republic are taking part in the Syrian war. It was reported that from a few hundred up to 1700 natives of Chechnya are fighting in the region.

According to the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the database of the Chechen warriors in Syria is "constantly updated."

"Just recently, we found four natives of our republic, who fight in Syria for Islamists. All of them, if they return to their homeland, will have to answer for their actions under the law," the MIA spokesman told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to his story, three residents of the village of Valerik, Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, namely, Khusein Baliev, Lom-Ali Magomadov and Surkho Elmurzaev, are in Syria since the summer of 2014, while Movsar Murtazaliev, a native of the village of Gikalo, Grozny District of Chechnya, is at war in Syria since the autumn of 2013.

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