Inhabitants of Stariye Atagi protest kidnapping of studentsRuslan Isayev, Northern Caucasus – People from the village of Stariye Atagi met to protest the recent kidnapping of two of the villagers who were abducted by members of an unknown military or law enforcement unit on November 7.
On November 8 and 9 they stood on a road at the outskirts of the village, demanding that the authorities adopt measures to find the two youths and to also stop nightly raids by so-called unknown soldiers.
The villagers claim that the two young men were abducted by masked Russian soldiers who were accompanied by several armored personnel carriers.
Two days ago a large crowd of students from the Chechen State University, who studied with one of the kidnapped youths, rallied in front of the governmental buildings in Grozny demanding that the Chechen government find the young men and punish the culprits.
Around noon the Moscow-backed President of the Chechen Republic Alu Alkhanov met with the protesting students and promised to take personal control of the investigation.
Furthermore, Alkhanov said that the actions taken by the unknown assailants violated a presidential order that prohibits wearing masks during special operations. (O/T,E)
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