22:46, 3 March 2007

Office of Public Prosecutor of Dagestan has initiated a criminal case on the fact of a skirmish of state servants

In the Dakhadaevskiy District of Dagestan, Magomed Aliev, head of local administration, started a politically-motivated skirmish with one of candidates for deputies of the regional assembly. As a result of the conflict, two local residents died of gunshot wounds.

On March 2, in the process of debates on the topic of elections forthcoming on March 11, a quarrel burst out between the head of the administration of the Dakhadaevskiy District Magomed Aliev and his three brothers, on the one hand, and the head of the District's department of education Nukh Nukhov and his four supporters, on the other hand, during which a skirmish started.

A source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan has informed the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that four persons including Nukh Nukhov were taken to local hospitals with wounds of various gravity. The head of the administration Magomed Aliev, together with his brothers, disappeared in two "Zhiguli" cars, now they are searched by militiamen.

Author: Timur Isayev, CK correspondent