On December 5-11, 2016, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of December 5-11, 2016, no information on persons killed or wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Detentions

On December 6, it was reported that a 31-year-old resident of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia confessed to law enforcers his aiding and abetting militants and appealed to the district adaptation commission. The man has told members of the adaptation commission that he deeply repents of his deeds. According to the man, he was misled. The members of the district adaptation commission addressed the Ingush adaptation commission and the law enforcement agencies with a request for commutation of the man's punishment.

On December 7, three residents of North Ossetia were detained for illegal manufacture and sale of weapons. Law enforcers contacted a suspect and arranged a meeting on the outskirts of the village of Zmeiskaya with the purpose of purchasing a combat pistol, home-remodelled from a signal pistol. Arms traffickers were two residents of the village of Elkhotovo, one of whom had several earlier criminal records. Besides, policemen searched a house where they discovered an artisan workshop arranged to make combat arms from civilian weapons.