Attack on Grozny

10 police officers died, 28 were injured in shootouts with a group of militants who penetrated last night in Grozny

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the completion of a special operation against the militants who staged a shootout in the center of Grozny. According to official figures, 10 police officers died, 28 were injured. Nine people who resisted the employees of law enforcement agencies were killed.

The information coming from Chechnya is of a fragmentary nature, and it is still impossible to restore the full picture of what happened. It is known that on Thursday night, the first armed clash in Grozny occurred at the traffic police post during the verification of documents. Three policemen died here. Then a group of well-armed people decided to hide in the Press House, where republican newspapers, online publications and representative offices of federal media are located. For several hours raised by alarm, employees of law enforcement agencies stormed the building. Judging by the testimony of eyewitnesses, heavy equipment was used, the building of the Press House almost completely burned down .

According to the Radio correspondent, Freedom Marina Isaeva , scarce information gave rise to many rumors about the large number of an armed group that penetrated the Grozny. The headquarters for the special operation hastened to refute this information, saying that "we can talk about 10-11 militants, everything else is impudent and unscrupulous lie."

10 police officers died, 28 were injured in shootouts with a group of militants who penetrated last night in Grozny

The human rights activist from the "Free Mobile Group" Sergey Babinets spoke about the Radio Freedom that was happening in Grozny at night and in the morning. According to him, they advised not to go out into the street, shops and schools were closed.

10 police officers died, 28 were injured in shootouts with a group of militants who penetrated last night in Grozny

There was also information about the fire in the Berkat market, which is located next to the Press House.

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Terrible paralyzed. GOS Institutions, shops, public transportation and taxes do not work. The city center is blocked by troops and equipment.

- Kazakhstan_online (@qazaqstan_) December 4, 2014

After the operation in the Press House, where, as Kadyrov said, all armed people hidden there were killed, a message came to the information agencies that several militants had hidden in one of the Grozny schools, a full school No. 20. What happened there, and whether someone was taken hostage is unknown for certain, but soon it was announced the completion of a special operation in Grozny.

The National Anti -Terrorism Committee officially said that the main part of the group that arrived in the city was defeated in the capital of Chechnya to carry out terrorist attacks. There is no data on how much a person had this detachment.

The liquidation of the militants, the leadership of the law enforcement agencies and personally Ramzan Kadyrov, put themselves in merit, saying that it was possible to prevent "committing large -scale terrorist acts and save the lives of civilians." Kadyrov assures that the militants intended to "raise noise" on the Constitution Day on December 12.

So far, one who died among the civilians is known. This is the watchman of the Press House, RBC reports with reference to the chairman of the Chechnya Parliament Dukvah Abdurahmanov.

The responsibility for attacks in the center of Grozny was taken by the terrorist organization "Imrat Caucasus". A video message appeared on the Internet, Cotrom says that the purpose of the attack is revenge for the fact that representatives of the authorities allowed themselves to "oppress Muslim women." According to the owls of the expert of the Scientific Council of the Moscow Center of Carnegie, Alexei Malashenko , now the “Imrat Caucasus” is noticeably different from what was under Doc Umarov .

10 police officers died, 28 were injured in shootouts with a group of militants who penetrated last night in Grozny

- Doku Umarov scared all the time - either explosions at the Olympic Games, then the creation of the Volga Imrat. He was engaged in "Muslim literature." What we are now observed is much more interesting and dangerous: a good military organization is visible, the energy and desire to declare yourself is visible. So I think that this “Imrat Caucasus” has only a sign. I have a question that there is no answer to which: what is the role of the “Islamic state” that we see in Iraq and Syria, is there any connection, was there any impetus on this side or not? Now the Imraters are talking only about themselves, but we know that al-Baghdadi, the caliph of this "state" has repeatedly stated: "We will begin the war in the Caucasus, we will begin the war in Chechnya, we will take revenge on Putin for the support of Bashar Assad." In the Muslim world, everything is interconnected. It is very sad if the hand of this "Islamic state" really exists in Grozny. These guys are capable of a lot. So far, there are more questions than answers, ”said Radio Liberty Alexei Malashenko.