Friday, 02 September 2005

INGUSHETIAN PRESIDENT\'S SECURITY CHIEF SHOT AT IN NAZRAN

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By empty (9/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The Ingush president\'s security chief has come under armed attack in Nazran. \"At approximately 2 p.m.
The Ingush president\'s security chief has come under armed attack in Nazran. \"At approximately 2 p.m. a man, armed with what is believed to have been a Makarov pistol, opened fire at the Ingush president\'s chief of the security Ruslanbek Zyazikov, a law enforcement source told Interfax on Friday. Numerous 9-mm cartridge cases were found at the scene.\" \"By chance Zyazikov was not hurt,\" the source said. Bodyguards and OMON riot police caught the attacker, called Ismurziyev, on the spot. Early reports say Ismurziyev is a member of a militant group. (Interfax)
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The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.

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