Native of Dagestan left in custody in Turkey because of his photo with a gun

The Russian citizens, whose detention was reported by Turkish law enforcers after the terror act of January 12, have claimed that they are not involved in the "Islamic State" (IS). The number of detainees includes Kamalutdin Babaev, a native of Dagestan. According to his relative, prior to his travel to Turkey, Kamalutdin Babaev visited the mosque in Kotrov Street, where supporters of the Salafi concept of Islam gathered. As a result, Kamalutdin Babaev was registered at the police station.

The "REN TV" Channel reports with reference to a source that the detained Russian citizens are 37-year-old Ruslan Khaibullov, who in 2000 went to study in Egypt, and 31-year-old Aidar Suleimanov, who was put on the federal wanted list for crimes committed in Russia, both natives of Tatarstan, and Kamalutdin Babaev, a 33-year-old native of Dagestan.

Ruslan Khaibullov and Aidar Suleimanov will be released by the court's decision. This was reported by Mekhmed Kai, a member of the Turkish human rights organization "Yabandji Insan Khukuklary". According to him, the investigators had no evidence against the detainees, and none of the detainees had problems with the law.

Kamalutdin Babaev is left in custody, since the investigators have found his photo, in which he holds a gun, the "Kommersant" reports with reference to an acquaintance of the detained Russian citizens.

The prosecutor has been also alerted by the fact that in the correspondence through the mobile phone, the man had expressed his desire to buy a car in one of the areas bordering with Syria, Mekhmed Kai reports.

He has also added that Kamalutdin Babaev is a hunter, and the photo discovered by the investigators was made during the hunting.

At present, the deportation centres of Turkey accumulate up to 1000 Russian citizens suspected of relationships with the IS, reports a source from the Russian Diaspora in Turkey.

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