On May 21-27, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of May 21-27, 2018, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Detentions

On May 19, law enforcers detained Salambek Yunusov, a father of Amir and Ali Yunusov brothers, who were killed in the course of a militants' attempt to capture believers in the Church of Archangel Michael in Grozny. According to relatives, he was not released until May 22. The man reported that family members were prohibited to conduct a funeral ceremony. According to the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), law enforcers also detained Elisultanov, another participant of the attack. One of the students of the Grozny Medical College, where four participants of the attack studied, reported that law enforcers twice questioned him and other students concerning the Yunusov brothers and Tsechoev, killed in the attack, and the questioning was accompanied by "threats and insults."

On May 21, Yunus Abdurakhmanov, a 28-year-old resident of Dagestan, was detained when he was visiting his relatives. During a search, law enforcers found a grenade and 30 rounds under a mattress. Apart from Yunus Abdurakhmanov, the law enforcers also detained his cousin, who was later released. A detainee's sister notes that in Kizilyurt, where Abdurakhmanov lived, law enforcers watched the young man and tried to "take him away with them," but relatives prevented that. The relatives of the detainee believe that his friend Shamil Adilmurzaev was detained in Kizilyurt on May 13 and he could defame him under torture.

On May 24, it was reported that 11 supporters of the extremist organization "At-Takfir Wal-Hijra", banned in Russia, were detained in several villages and towns of the Adyge-Khabl and Khabez Districts of Karachay-Cherkessia. A source reports the detention of all members of the grouping, including three of its leaders. According to the law enforcement bodies, members of the grouping extorted money from entrepreneurs. Weapons and extremist materials were seized from the suspects. The detainees planned to create in Northern Caucasus a state with a Sharia form of government, state the law enforcement bodies.