Ingushetian severely beaten in North OssetiaRuslan Isayev, North Caucasus - A young Ingush man, Magomed Khamkhoyev, from the village of Mayskoye in North Ossetia, was badly beaten by what may have been North Ossetian law enforcement officers.
On October 2, several men dressed in military uniforms arrived in Mayskoye and ordered him to get into their car where they started beating him. They drove to a nearby forest and after further beatings, he was told to plead guilty to participating in the hostage-taking crisis in Beslan.
Khamkhoyev was also ordered to sign several documents, the contents of which were not shown to him, and to tell them about any Wahhabis who lived in the village.
The beating went on for more than an hour and only then was he finally released. He is now undergoing medical treatment in a state hospital in Nazran.
“People in the village are very nervous and I know that this assault was planned in order to provoke clashes between Ingushetians and Ossetians. I asked my family and friends not to do anything about my ordeal so as not to further aggravate the situation,“ Khamkhoyev said. (H/E,T)
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