Special operation in mosque in OrdzhonikidzevskayaRuslan Isayev, North Caucasus – The police, in co-operation with special services, staged a special operation in the Ingushetian village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya.
On Thursday evening November 4, at a time when more than thirty people were gathered for collective prayers in the mosque in the outer part of the village, masked gunmen stormed into the building. It was later learned that they were from special services.
According to eyewitnesses, all the people from the mosque, many still barefooted, were herded into the street and told to lie down on the ground. They were kept in this position for about an hour, even though many elderly men were among them.
One of the old men refused to comply with the order and was hit in the lower back with the butt of a gun and forced to kneel down. The gunmen then proceeded to check the documents of all the men in the group. They took one person away with them who was found nearby a few hours later badly beaten up.
Human rights organizations are carrying out an independent investigation and inquiries have been made to respective institutions demanding that the facts of the assault on the mosque be explained. (M/E,T)
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