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Two corpses discovered in Grozny district

By Lecha Sadayev

GROZNY, Chechnya - On September 21 officers of the district police force discovered two corpses of local residents near the cemetery on the outskirts of the village of Berdykel, Grozny district.

According to criminology experts, their deaths were caused by multiple bullet wounds. Detectives removed a Makarov pistol, containing one cartridge, from the scene of the incident. A murder inquiry has been opened.

Officials at the duty desk of the Chechen Interior Ministry said that more than 70 corpses have been found on the territory of Chechnya since the beginning of the current year. Of these, only 32 have been identified. The remaining corpses were buried without identification.

Translated by David McDuff.

(MD/T)