22 August 2013, 21:13
More suspected militants killed in special operation in Buynaksk on August 20 than in all of July in Dagestan
During four days, on August 17-20, 16 suspected militants were killed in Dagestan, including Bammatkhan Sheikhov, the leader of the Buynaksk grouping, who claimed to be Amir of Dagestan. According to calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", in total in July, nine suspected militants were killed in Dagestan; and in June – 17 throughout the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). In Buynaksk, power agents are particularly active for the fourth month in a row; and their practices often deserved criticism of human rights defenders and complaints from local residents.
Let us remind you that on August 20, during the storm an apartment house in Buynaksk, according to power agents, 10 militants were killed, including Bammatkhan Sheikhov. A little earlier, in other areas of Dagestan six more militants were killed, namely: on August 17, during a skirmish in a wooded area near the village of Manas, three suspected militants were killed (so far, investigators have not announced their names, but Zaur Sheikhakhmedov, the head of the "Caspian gang", might be among them); and three more militants were killed in the assault of a residential house in Khasavyurt on August 18.
The "Caucasian Knot" keeps statistics of the victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, and, according to these data, Dagestan remains the most restless place in the whole region.
