Drunken police officers beat madrassa students in Almetyevsk

On the night of June 3-4, two drunken policemen beat up students of the Almetyevsk madrasah named after. R. Fakhretdin. Employees of the district police department beat a security guard of the mosque and several students. The reason for the attack was the sound of a car in the courtyard of the mosque. Policemen "What are you shooting? Have you become Wahhabis?" After that, law enforcement officers sprayed from a gas canister and began to beat the guard. Students who ran out to the noise were also beaten.

Mukhtasib of the city of Almetievsk, Nail Sakhibzyanov, reported the incident to the prosecutor of the city, R. Kupkenov, and demanded that the brawlers be severely punished and brought to justice.

"The act of two drunken policemen may have a negative impact on the attitude of the parishioners of the Central Mosque and residents of the city towards people in uniform and damage the reputation of law enforcement agencies," the press service of the madrasah said.

"Everyone knows what such a confrontation led to in neighboring Bashkortostan, in Blagoveshchensk," Almetyevsk Muslims reminded.

Sources

• Almetyevsk police force students' madrasa // Islam.ru. 2005. June 7.