Not all relatives of persons killed in Grozny released from police

After the attacks on law enforcers, committed in Grozny, power agents detained dozens of relatives and friends of the attackers, relatives of detainees, who asked not to reveal their names, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in the evening on December 17, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in Grozny. Power agents reported that four militants had been killed in a shootout, and two others were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. In the afternoon on December 18, they blocked a private house in an outskirt of Grozny. According to power agents, three militants were killed there, and two others were detained. Thus, in total, during two days, seven militants were killed, and four others were detained, three of them were wounded. Four policemen were also killed; and one policeman was wounded.

"On December 17, law enforcers took away parents, brothers and other close relatives of the attackers, including cousins on the maternal side. Yesterday (on December 18), at night, they released some of them, but close relatives are still at the police station; and we don't know when they'll be released," said a woman from Grozny.

"In our family, they detained about ten persons, including parents and uncles on the paternal side. All of them were taken to the police station, where they are kept for the third day. Several relatives were released, but most of them are still there. It is unclear, however, why, because all the guys, who are considered guilty of these attacks, had been killed already," said another man, also from Grozny.

According to local residents, power agents detained not only relatives, but also the casualties' friends, whose contacts were in their mobile phones.

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