Two Muslim clerics beaten in Ingushetia

On March 2, the imam of the Sunzhensky district of Ingushetia was beaten in Nazran. Two unidentified men stopped a Zhiguli car driven by a clergyman, beat him with a baseball bat, fired at the car and fled. The Imam received minor bodily injuries, medical assistance was provided to him immediately.

17 shell casings of 5.45 mm caliber were seized from the scene. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being resolved.

On the same day Musa Meyriyev, chairman of the Hajj Committee of the Muftiate of Ingushetia, was beaten. Unknown persons pulled him out of the car, beat him and fled. For medical help, the victim in one of the nearby hospitals.

Sources

• The Imam of Ingushetia was beaten with a baseball bat in Nazran // RIA News". 2009. March 3.