Document #1181526

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Russia Kills Senior Militant In North Caucasus

April 25, 2011
Officials say Russian security forces have killed a senior member of an Islamist insurgent group in its North Caucasus region.
 
Interfax news agency quotes a spokesman for the National Antiterror Committee, Nikolai Sintsov, as saying that Gadzhiyav Gaziyev was shot dead in Daghestan along with another insurgent in a gunfight between the militants and law enforcement agents.
 
The committee said Gaziyev was considered one of Daghestan's insurgent leaders.
 
compiled from agency reports

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ecoi.net description:
North Caucasus region: Senior member of an Islamist insurgent group killed by security forces according to officials
Country:
Russian Federation
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_daghestan_militant_leader/9504996.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
25 April 2011
Document ID:
1181526 (former ID 159064)

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