15:36, 24 October 2015

In Kabardino-Balkaria, schoolteacher charged with harbouring Boris Zherukov's murderers

A schoolteacher from the Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria has confessed that he was harbouring in his house Mir-Zurab Asadulagi and Zeitun Boziev, involved in the murder of Boris Zherukov, Rector of the Kabardino-Balkarian Agricultural Academy, and several other resonant murders. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 15, a 34-year-old teacher of mathematics and computer science was detained on the outskirts of the village of Gerpegezh. According to law enforcers, a pistol, two grenades, and a fuse were found in his car.

Initially, the schoolteacher was charged with arms trafficking only; however, at present, due to his confession, his case may be supplemented with charges of aiding and abetting militants, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

Mir-Zurab Asadulagi and Zeitun Boziev were killed by law enforcers in January 2013. They were suspected of involvement in resonant murders committed in the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria. According to law enforcers, Zeitun Boziev was involved in the murder of Boris Zherukov, Rector of the Kabardino-Balkarian Agricultural Academy, committed on December 25, 2012, the murder of Kazbek Gekkiev, a journalist of the All-Russian State Radio and TV Company (known as VGTRC), killed on December 5, 2012, the murders of two district police inspectors killed in Volny Aul, and the murders of investigator Kantemir Kyarov, killed on February 4, 2012, and investigator Alim Vorokov, killed on June 1, 2012.

According to an official from the Gerpegezh village administration, the detainee enjoys a good reputation in the school, and he is well-known as a good teacher.

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

Author: Lyudmila Maratova

Source: CK correspondent