Students organize rally in front of Ingush government buildingTimur Aliyev, North Caucasus - On March 29 about 100 students from the local university organized a protest rally in front of the government building in Magas, capital of Ingushetia. They demanded that the government investigate the recent missile attack on the Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, and find and punish the guilty parties.
On March 25 several helicopters flew over the village and fired four missiles on its suburb. A 23-year-old student was killed in the attack and two teenage brothers suffered severe injuries.
"We’re sure that the missiles were aimed at the university. We were very lucky that so few people were injured. And yet no one has been punished for this," first-year student Ahmed Zurabov told our Prague Watchdog correspondent.
Head of the presidential administration Alikhan Dudarov, Prime Minister Timur Mogushkov and Deputy Prime Minister Khava Yevloyeva came out to talk to the protestors to find out exactly what it was they wanted. A small group of students were then invited inside the building and the rest were ordered to leave.
The gathering, however, did not end peacefully as the students refused to go. So the police were called in to help disperse the crowd. (S/E,T) RELATED ARTICLES:
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