01 July 2005, 13:57
"Clean-up" in Chechen refugee camp
Armed people in masks and camouflage uniforms came to the temporary accommodation point (TAP) for Chechen refugees on the premises of a former dairy farm in Ingushetia. Without introducing themselves or explaining the purpose of their visit, the military began to search rooms where refugees live. In one of such rooms, they detained three young men and brought them away without indicating the destination.
TAP dwellers say the military men numbered some 20-25 and nearly all of them wore masks. They were mostly federal servicemen, but there were also some Chechens. They detained Taus Dadayev, Mussa Saidumov and Suleiman Chachayev, a Chechnya resident who is reported to be an officer of Chechnya's Internal Affairs Ministry.
Dadayev and Chachayev were released on the same day, but the whereabouts and destiny of Saidumov remain unknown.
The Karabulak Division of Internal Affairs declines comment.
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Author: Timur Khamkhoyev, CK correspondent
