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The Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his brother Berd Khazbiev, wounded when his car was shelled in Ingushetia, was taken to the intensive care unit.

A source from law enforcement bodies has reported that the body of Mikail Ozdoev with traces of blast wounds was found this morning in the yard of a private house in the city of Nazran. According to the police, Ozdoev was on the federal wanted list on suspicion of preparing terror acts in the territory of North Ossetia.

As reported today at a briefing in the city of Telavi by Shota Khizanishvili, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, the main phase of the operation in Lopota Gorge in the Kakheti Region of Georgia is over.

Arif Ganiev, Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, freed from prison on June 8 by the decision of the Salyan District Court, was arrested again today.

At a meeting in Magas, the defenders of the convicts in the case of blowing up the "Neva Express" Train discussed the imposed sentence with the head of Ingushetia. Yunus-Bek Evkurov promised to promote an objective investigation of the criminal case.

Today, in the intensive care unit of the Stavropol Territorial Hospital a pressure chamber has set on fire; a teenager who was in the chamber suffered severe burns. He was brought to the intensive care unit in critical condition. Besides, the doctor who pulled the patient out received burns of his face and hands.

Investigators have decided to extend the inquiry into the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya till December 7 this year.

In the course of a special operation conducted near the Dagestani section of the Georgian-Russian border by the forces and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, three special agents of the MIA were killed, and five more were wounded. Furthermore, 11 suspected militants were liquidated.

In the evening of August 27, in Armenia, in the outskirts of the city of Gyumri, after a pre-election rally of Samvel Balasanyan, a candidate for the position of Mayor of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, an incident with shooting occurred. This was reported by Karen Babakekhyan, Chief of the Shirak Regional Police Department.

A suicide bomber who exploded herself in the house of sheikh Said Afandi in Dagestan was identified as resident of Makhachkala Aminat Saprykina, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.

During last week, August, 20, to August, 26, 2012, at least 24 people became victims of an armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the totals of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources. 15 out of them were killed and 9 got wounded.

The cemetery of the village of Chirkey, Buinaksk District of Dagestan, is the venue of the funeral of Sheikh Said Afandi Chirkawi, who was killed today in an explosion triggered in his house. According to preliminary estimates, the number of people who gathered to say farewell to him, is about 150,000.

Today, the Guba District Court of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Zamin Takhirov, has held a preparatory session on the case of the first group of people, accused of rioting in the city of Guba on March 1, 2012.

In Ingushetia, during a special operation, a police officer, born in 1980, was wounded in his chest; he was hospitalized in grave condition, said a spokesman for the regional department of the FSB.

The whereabouts of Ruslanbek Agiev, a resident of Malgobek and an employee of the Ingush MIA, who disappeared on August 23, remains unknown, said his father Aslan Agiev.