05 August 2016, 16:33

Believers of Salafi mosque detained in Makhachkala

In Makhachkala, the police detained about 70 people near the Salafi mosque after the Friday prayer. The number of detainees includes a minor, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on July 22, law enforcers detained and brought to the police about 20 visitors of the mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street in Makhachkala. On July 26, it became known that all the detainees were released. Meanwhile, the believers of the mosque claimed systematic police raids.

Today, policemen in uniform and civilian clothes stood in the yards of houses between Gagarin Street and Hungarian Fighters Street and in Eldarov Street. They detained people, who were returning from the Friday prayer. Besides, policemen stopped cars passing through the yards, forced car drivers into a police bus and took them away. The policemen checked documents of all the detainees, including car owners, reports the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who attended the place.

The number of the detainees included one minor. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the teenager's brother. According to him, the teenager is in the 9th grade at school and lives in Hungarian Fighters Street. He left home to go to a store to buy some bread.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Source: CK correspondent

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