The head of the "Shamil" group and his subordinate were killed in Dagestan

On the outskirts of the village of Teletl, the Shamilsky district of Dagestan, two militants were killed during the special operation. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in the power structures of the region.

“In response to the proposal to surrender, they opened fire, after which they were destroyed by return fire,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

“According to preliminary data, the militants were identified as the leader of the Shamilskaya terrorist group Ibrahim Amirov, which was destroyed last night, about 1:00 in Moscow, born in 1989, and his subordinate to Gamzatapan Magomedov, born in 1982. Both are local residents and were on the federal wanted list,” another source told the agency.

On Friday, another militant was killed in Khasavyurt. "According to investigators, on December 23, 2016, at about 14:30 in Moscow in the city of Khasavyurt on Kirov Street, to identify the unidentified person, it was proposed to present documents and proceed with law enforcement officials for verification. However, the man opened fire from firearms. He was destroyed by response fire," said the senior assistant to the head of the SU SKR according to the region Rasul Temirbekov. According to him, previously attacked is identified as Rashid Aliyev, born in 1994.

A criminal case has been opened under Article 317 of the Criminal Code (an encroachment on the life of law enforcement officials) and part 1 of Article 222 (illegal weapon turnover), Temirbekov added.