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In the villages of Sakhil and Lokbatan, during searches carried out in the houses of five supporters of preacher Fethullah Gülen, law enforcers discovered prohibited books. This was reported by the law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan.

During the week of October 17-23, 2016, at least 9 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, eight were killed, and one person was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime introduced in the village of Kvanada of the Tsumada District of Dagestan on October 21 has been lifted.

For five days, the petition initiated by Sochi spouses Klara and Valentin Donchi-ool against the police arbitrariness gained 135 signatures. The petition was sent to the Investigating Committee of the Russian federation (ICRF).

In Dagestan, a man, suspected of involvement in the murder of two persons engaged in delivery of pensions, took refuge at the school of the village of Shamilkala. This was reported by local residents. According to them, they heard shots during the detention, and then law enforcers forced the suspect out of the school territory and drove him away.

In Dagestan, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in the village of Kvanada in the Tsumada District has become the second one held in the village in 2016. Earlier, when CTO legal regime had been introduced in the village, Magomed Abdulkhalikov was killed there. Law enforcers treated him as the leader of the "Tsumada" militant grouping.

According to updated information, one of the suspects killed in the Dagestani village of Stalskoe was a member of the "Khasavyurt" militant grouping, and the second suspect was an accomplice of the militants. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has disseminated pictures of the car driven by the killed suspects and shelled by law enforcers.

Two suspects killed in a special operation in the village Kvanada of the Tsumada District were members of a local militant grouping. They went into hiding in 2014, but took refuge in one of the rural houses, report law enforcers.

Materials about the political nature of prosecution of Zhalaudi Geriev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in Chechnya, were published by the "Kommersant" and The Guardian.

Relatives of the victims of the Volgograd terror act have refused to talk to journalists after an action held to honour the memory of the victims of the tragedy.

The Krasnodar Regional Court of Appeal has refused in appeal consideration of the complaint filed by Sochi resident Mark Yavorsky, Category I visually impaired person, who was accused of killing two men. The defendant, his defence, and parents claim false conclusions of the investigation, and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) reports on violation of the defendant's rights to qualified medical care.

The Sukhumi Court has sentenced Vladimir Trifonov to three years and five months in a colony-settlement and a fine of 30,000 roubles for the imputed damage caused to the Abkhazian mobile operator. According to his advocate, the convict will be released from custody on October 25; and he is not going to appeal against the verdict.

Three-quarters of the list of political prisoners, drawn up by three human rights organizations of Azerbaijan, are residents of the country, persecuted by the authorities for their religious beliefs.