"Tangim" Mosque. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot

16 March 2020, 10:58

Friends of "Tangim" Mosque visitor report his disappearance

Kurban-Magomed Medjidov, a resident of Kaspiysk, has disappeared in Dagestan. His friends became worried after he stopped contacting them for a long time. According to his neighbours, law enforcers had taken Medjidov to some unknown place.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that law enforcers are regularly conducting their raids in the vicinity of the "Tangim" Mosque.

Kurban-Magomed Medjidov had visited the "Tangim" Mosque. His friends have learned from his neighbours that law enforcers took him away at night on March 12, the journalist, Idris Yusupov, told the "Caucasian Knot" on March 14.

A source from the "Tangim" Mosque has explained to the "Caucasian Knot" that Medjidov had been on the so-called "prophylactic registry" and was in law enforcers' field of view. However, Medjidov did not adhere to extremist radical views.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 15, 2020 at 05:31 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Ilyas Kapiev Source: CK correspondent

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