Ossetian checkpoint demonstration against Chechen and Ingush travelRuslan Isayev, North Caucasus - A demonstration against Chechens and Ingush took place on Saturday, October 23 at the administrative border between North Ossetia and Ingushetia.
More than 300 mainly young people (mostly from Beslan) drove up to the Chermen checkpoint in several dozen passenger cars and demanded that the North Ossetian authorities ban Chechens and Ingush from travelling along the Caucasus Federal Highway.
Ingush taxi drivers who witnessed the demonstration said that many of the young people were excited and aggressive. Several of them even were even seen to be armed.
After the North Ossetian Deputy Interior Minister arrived on the scene, he managed to diffuse the situation and the protesters began to disperse.
The incident has again inflamed the situation in the Ingush village of Chermen, situated in North Ossetia, where many people are already keeping their children away from school.
“Since the events in Beslan we have only just managed to bring the attendance of students up to 90 percent. Now again parents are keeping their children at home because they are afraid the school might be seized.” said Khamzat Gardanov, head of Chermen secondary school. (U/T)
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