18 March 2005, 23:11
New victim of extrajudicial execution
The body of an unknown man bearing marks of violent death was found on 16 March in the Shali district of Chechnya on the road between Mesker-Yurt and Germenchug, local people told the Council of Non-governmental Organizations. A Germenchug resident says the man's body was found in the boot of a car standing on the roadside. The reason for the extrajudicial execution has not been established. Some sources say the victim worked with a district police department in Argun.