On April 24-30, 12 people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week from April 24 to April 30, 2017, at least twelve persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: one of them was killed and eleven others were injured. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The casualty is a civilian from Dagestan.

Explosions and terror acts

On April 24, in the village of Agvali, Tsumadin District of Dagestan, a 7th form pupil found a grenade while walking near the Gadirinka River and brought it to a computer class to show it to other children. He gave the grenade to a classmate, but it suddenly sparkled; which frightened the children, and they threw it aside, after which an explosion occurred. As a result, one child was killed, five others and five adults were wounded. According to doctors, three wounded patients, including a 10-year-old child, are in grave condition; the rest of them were slightly injured. According to journalists, the explosion has no signs of a terror act; however, because of the armed conflict, the local population in the mountainous areas has a lot of weapons and ammunition, which could lead to this accident.

Attacks on civilians

On April 29, in the city of Malgobek, people from a passenger car opened supposedly automatic fire at a tractor, which was driven by Djabrail Cherbizhev, a local resident and an employee of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). The wounded man was hospitalized; he is a brother of Mikail Cherbizhev, announced wanted, along with three residents of the Malgobek District, on suspicion of involvement in the execution of two inspectors of the road-and-post (known as the DPS) service on April 8 in Malgobek. In mid-April, Djabrail addressed his younger brother via the Internet, asking him to get in touch, and, if he was involved in illegal actions, to repent and surrender.

Disappearances

On April 11, Idris Abgazirov, a resident of the village of Korkmaskala, disappeared in Makhachkala. He worked there, and on that day left his home for work. In the evening, he had to visit the workplace of his brother, but did not reach him. His wife called him, and an unknown person answered the phone call and said that he had found Idris' phone. On the same day, policemen came to Abgazirov's home, took away his wife to the police station and kept her there almost until morning. She was fingerprinted, photographed, and questioned about the nature of her husband's occupation, about his friends and ties. On the same day, on the highway near the village of Tyube, a car was shelled, which had belonged to Abgazirov, and which he later sold to his friend, Zakir Aslanov. Earlier, it was reported that on April 11, employees of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) were shelled in the Kumtorkalin District, when they tried to stop a car for inspection; three attackers were killed, and the car was burned down. One of the casualties was identified as Ilyas Khalilov, the leader of the "Makhachkala" grouping; no information about two other casualties was disclosed. On the same night, relatives were told at the police station that Idris Abgazirov and Zakir Aslanov were in the burned-down car, although their bodies were badly burned. Their relatives gave their DNA tests intended to check this information.