Rally in support of Magomed Piraev. Makachkala, July 24, 2013. Photo by Natalia Krainova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

05 September 2014, 13:49

In Dagestan, cops are accused of banditry

The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has sent to the court a case of five local residents accused of organizing a gang, robbery, hostage-taking, theft and illicit arms trafficking. The prosecution asserts that the gang included policemen from the "Kizilyurt" Inter-District Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The figurants in the case are the following residents of Dagestan: Gaziyav Djamaludinov, 37; Makhmud Khaibulaev, 25; Magomed Piraev, 27; Askhabali Zairbekov, 48; and Abdulmuslim Magomedov, 41.

According to prosecutors, the defendants committed their attacks with firearms, special means and VAZ-21144 service car with police logos. They also dressed in uniform of road patrol service, camouflage and masks.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

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