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In Belgorod, security forces disrupted prayers during a special operation to identify illegal migrants
On September 9, 2011, the Belgorod Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with The Federal Migration Service, during a special operation to identify illegal migrants, broke into an industrial warehouse rented by the local Muslim community during Friday prayer.
Representatives of law enforcement agencies, according to eyewitnesses, acted rudely. About 150 people were detained.
The Muslim community filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office, and also addressed the head of the region Yevgeny Savchenko and the President Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. Sources
- In Belgorod, a joint operation of the police and the Federal Migration Service ended with the dispersal of prayers, in which about three hundred Muslims took part // Business Information Agency. 2011. September 13.