22:00, 27 August 2009

Person found in burned down car in Dagestan identified

In Dagestan, one of the three persons, whose bodies were found yesterday, on August 26, in a burned down car, has been identified. Father of Arthur Butaev - Yuri - could recognize his son only by his personal belongings, as the body was strongly scorched. The earlier identified young man had been kidnapped by unidentified persons.

Svetlana Isaeva, leader of the NGO "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Arthur Butaev, a resident of Makhachkala, who disappeared on August 23, was found scorched in the car, which was found yesterday in the Karabudakhkent District.

She was informed by Arthur Butaev's father, who was invited on August 27 to the morgue to identify his son's body, that there were two more bodies there.

Besides, Yuri Butaev recognized his car, in which the scorched bodies were found. Ms Isaeva supposes that the other two bodies can belong to Emiraslan Islamov and Gadji Gudashev, who were also regarded missing since August 23.

Earlier, the story of their kidnapping was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Fatima Tarasova, press secretary of the Islamic Committee of Russia.

Author: Akhmed Magomedov

Source: CK correspondent