16 February 2004, 15:59
Chechen teenager detained by servicemen dies from wounds
Rustam Djakalayev, 1989, a resident of the village of Assinovskaya, was shot down by Russian servicemen in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia, on February 3. As reported by eye-witnesses, Niva and UAZ cars stopped in the center of the village, near a bridge across the Sunzha River. 5 gunmen in masks and camouflage jumped out of them.
They seized Djakalayev and tried to force him in one of the cars. He broke loose from the attackers grip and jumped off the bridge, escaping from the scene of his abduction. The servicemen opened fire on him from submachine guns. Djakalayev was badly wounded. The servicemen took him away in an unknown direction. In two days, Djakalayev's mother was informed that her son had died from wounds. But his body was not given to her.
Understanding that the authorities were not going to give the abducted man's dead body, residents of Assinovskaya staged a meeting demanding that Djakalayev's body be given to his relatives. The protesters blocked the Kavkaz federal route. A vice premier of the Chechen Government came to the place of the meeting in three hours. People stated the fact of the matter to him and made their demands. The vice premier promised to examine the situation and went away. Nevertheless the dead body of abducted Djakalayev has not been give to his relatives.
Source: Public organization "Chechen National Rescue Committee"
