"Cleansing" of Starye Atagi with tank and helicopter shelling, robbery and robbery, murder due to an unsuccessful joke in Gudermes

August 3, 2001

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Approximately at midnight in Grozny, in the house located at the address: Krasnyh Frontovikov St., 7, unknown persons killed: Dayan Kagirovich Nauruzov, born in 1977, lived in the village of Katyr-Yurt, unemployed; Aslan Ruslanovich Tovsultanov, born in 1976, lived at the address: Grozny, Dzerzhinsky St., 14, apt. 10, unemployed; Milana Yumaevna Khatueva, born in 1974, lived at the address: Grozny, Pervomaiskaya st., 24 apt. 9; Gulnara Shamilyevna Gadzhiakhmetova, born in 1971, lived at the address: Grozny, Mayakovsky town, 114 apt. 45, unemployed.

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On August 3–4, a “cleansing operation” took place in the village of Starye Atagi, accompanied by looting and robbery. It was attended by Russian police officers seconded to the Grozny District VOVD and stationed in the village of Tolstoy-Yurt, as well as military personnel from Khankala and other places. The numbers of most of the equipment were smeared with dirt or hung with rags. But on some they were looked through. Local residents remembered them: "Ural" 1281 units, "Ural" 2730, UAZ-452 (KB 13 XP 95 / rus), armored personnel carriers (No. 136, 601, 607, 660), infantry fighting vehicles (No. 103, 114, 133 ). According to them, the operation was commanded by a certain “General Plotnikov”.

The "cleansing" began after five hours with the shelling of the village from tank guns; several houses were damaged and the cars of L. Maaev, T. Akhmadov, Y. Shakhtamirov and other residents of the village were burned. A little later, a helicopter fired at the women, who, not knowing that the operation had already begun, were heading for the village of Novye Atagi along the recently restored pedestrian bridge across the Argun River. They miraculously survived.

But in the evening, gunners from a helicopter "caught up for lost time" by shooting a herd of cows from the air on the outskirts of the village; 11 animals died. During the “cleansing” 12 people were detained:
1. Lema Akhmedovich Maaev, born in 1949;
2. Lechi Akhmedovich Maaev, born in 1956;
3. Umar Lemaevich Maaev, born in 1972;
4. Adlan Lemaevich Maaev, born in 1980;
5. Ali Lechievich Maaev, born in 1979;
6. Alu Lechievich Maaev, born in 1980;
7. Zaurbek Sadaev, born in 1940;
8. Lema Abdulaevich Yakhyaev, born in 1960;
9. Zayndi Sutaev, about 50 years old;
10.11. Zayndi Elmurzaev, about 40 years old, and his son Ziyavdi;
12. Aslambek Dudayev, about 38 years old, a refugee, lived with the Elmurzaevs.

For two days these people were kept at the old mill. Expecting that they were about to be released, women were on duty all this time. Nevertheless, for some reason, the detainees were taken to the regional center of Tolstoy-Yurt and placed there in the temporary department of internal affairs. On the same day, everyone except Ziyavdi Elmurzaev, who was found with a machine gun and cartridges and later imprisoned on charges of illegal acquisition and possession of weapons, was released.

В 23.30 село было подвергнуто обстрелу из танковых орудий. Повреждены дома (особенно сильно – дом 119 на ул.Нагорная), разбиты стоящие во дворах автомашины. Люди не пострадали, потому что, опасаясь обстрела, заранее спустились в подвалы.

Утром 4 августа военные обстреляли, а потом сожгли небольшую мечеть на ул.Учительской. В этой части села они ограбили дома братьев Мааевых и их соседей (улицы Учительская, 11, 64; Тихая, 9; Садовая, 57, 64, 74; Нагорная, 7, 8 и 11). То же самое произошло на ул.Шерипова: приехавшие на «зачистку» забирали деньги и золотые украшения, открыто выносили из домов и загружали в бронемашины аудио- и видеоаппаратуру, телевизоры и ковры. Так, на ул.Садовая они ограбили частный магазин. На той же улице военные забрали компьютер, аппарат УЗИ, паспорта, видеоаппаратуру, золотые украшения у Мааевых; золотые женские украшения у Зайнап Каимовой; обувь, одежду, золотые украшения, видеоаппаратуру у Исмаила Ахмадова с ул.Нагорная. У Таус Ахмадовой, проживающей на ул.Тихая, сломали дверь и украли кожаную куртку, мужские туфли, сигареты, минеральную воду, подсолнечное масло, предназначенные для продажи, и 1 тыс. руб.

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В г.Гудермес недалеко от военкомата прапорщик ФСБ Татьяна, приблизительно 25 лет, застрелила 18-летнего местного жителя. Она шла по улице и тот, когда приблизилась, решив пошутить, произнес: «Девушка, может, поменяемся брюками?» Свидетелем того, что произошло дальше, стал другой молодой человек. По его словам, сотрудник спецслужбы прошла мимо них, затем вернулась, вынула пистолет и в упор застрелила юношу. После этого скрылась на территории военкомата.

По факту убийства прокуратурой Гудермесского р-на было возбуждено уголовное дело. Неизвестно, однако, была ли преступница привлечена к ответственности или хотя бы допрошена.

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В больницу №9 г.Грозного с огнестрельным ранением живота был доставлен Муслим Вахаевич Тагаев, 1977 г.р., проживающий по адресу: ул.Косиора, 24, кв.21. После операции он был помещен в реанимационное отделение, к которому в качестве охраны приставили бойцов ОМОН ЧР. Однако, зашедшие с другого входа неизвестные в штатской одежде и масках заставили медицинских работников встать к стене и, предупредив их, чтобы не шумели, забрали с собой раненого.

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В г.Аргун во время перестрелки был убит Ахмед Арбиевич Гадаев, 1979 г.р., проживавший по адресу: с.Старые Атаги, ул.Нагорная, 79.

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В с.Цоцин-Юрт при невыясненных обстоятельствах убит Анди Саид Магомедович Салаватов, 1958 г.р. На его теле, по словам местных жителей, имелось несколько пулевых ранений.


Из книги «Здесь живут люди», Усам Байсаев, Дмитрий Грушкин, 2006 г.

 

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