Friday, 01 April 2005

MASKHADOV\'S BODY WON\'T BE RELEASED TO FAMILY – SHEPEL

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The Prosecutor General\'s Office will not release the body of the late Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov to his family, Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Shepel told journalists on Friday. \"The law on the fight against terrorism bans the bodies of terrorists from being released to their relatives. They are buried in unmarked graves,\" Shepel said.
The Prosecutor General\'s Office will not release the body of the late Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov to his family, Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Shepel told journalists on Friday. \"The law on the fight against terrorism bans the bodies of terrorists from being released to their relatives. They are buried in unmarked graves,\" Shepel said. Maskhadov was charged with terrorism as part of the investigation into the school siege in the North Ossetian town of Beslan, the deputy prosecutor general said. \"A court confirmed the charges brought against Maskhadov and issued a warrant for his arrest,\" he said. (Interfax)
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