22:00, 19 February 2009

One of three casualties of special operation in Ingushetia identified

The power agents have identified the person of one of the three casualties suspected in participation in illegal armed formations (IAFs) killed in today's special operation conducted in Sagopshi village, Ingushetia.

Earlier, as the "Caucasian Knot" reported, power agents said that three participants of an IAF were liquidated in the course of a special operation.

"One of them is now identified as Aslan Forgiev, a resident of Sagopshi village," said the official spokesman of the Department of the FSB (DFSB) for Ingushetia, as the "Interfax" reports.

The source has added: "The IAF had planned to commit a number of terror acts against officials of the Republic of Ingushetia and law-enforcement agencies."

According to preliminary information, all the casualties were members of the IAF under command of Khasmagomed Bogatyryov, also killed during a special operation in June 2008.