Man abducted in Grozny by unknown persons in masksBy Lecha Sadayev
GROZNY, Chechnya – On the night of August 31 the perfectly routine abduction of a man took place on Yunaya Street in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny. The duty desk of the Oktyabrsky district police station reported that 20-year-old Rustam Magomadov was abducted from his house.
According to the abducted man’s relatives, the night "visitors" wore masks and camouflage uniform, and spoke good Russian without the slightest accent. The criminals drove off in two vehicles without number plates.
The Grozny section of the “Memorial” human rights center reports that since the beginning of 2005 more than 180 civilians have been abducted. Meanwhile, colonel-general Arkady Yedelev, head of regional operational headquarters of the Joint Troops Group in the Northern Caucasus, told journalists yesterday that during the past 7 months no more than 79 people have been abducted in Chechnya, while within an analogous period last year the number of those abducted amounted to 164.
Translated by David McDuff.
(MD/A,B,T)
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