21:38, 26 October 2006

Parents of militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria demand to initiate a case on the fact of body desecration

"We ask you to initiate a criminal case and to bring those guilty to responsibility for desecration of the bodies of the persons who perished in October 2005 in the city of Nalchik, and for abuse of official position and negligent attitude," runs an application written by the parents of the militants who died in Kabardino-Balkaria.

"For two days, the bodies remained in the open air exposed to free observation by adults and children. Then, for two more days they remained in the morgue yard. The bodies were not covered. They became wet from rain and were exposed to the sunlight. The bodies lay in pools of blood, flies got on the blood and wounds and lay maggots. Therefore, the morgue and refrigerator wagons, where the bodies were afterwards taken, were full of worms. The wagon was at positive temperature inside, as the coolers were inoperative. No due preservation of the bodies was ensured," the application runs.

The application was sent to Yu. Chaika, General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, Yu. Ketov, prosecutor of Kabardino-Balkaria, and A. Tkhagapsoev, prosecutor of the city of Nalchik.