13:28, 30 June 2005
Bomb orphans nine
Alkhazur Gursayev, b. 1948, triggered a bomb in the forest near Samashki, Achkhoi-Martan district, on 20 June. The man sustained serious shrapnel wounds as a result. His son with whom went for firewood was not able to drag the wounded man home and he died on the way. Alkhazur Gursayev's nine children became orphans after his death. His wife had died in 1995.
Local residents accuse federal forces of what happened. They say armoured personnel carriers had been stationed at about where Gursayev was blown up several days before, according to the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.