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11 August 2009, 22:10

Kidnapped teenager found murdered in Chechnya

On August 9, a local resident aged 16 was kidnapped by unknown persons in the Shali District of Chechnya. At night on August 10, he was found assassinated.

The kidnapping of the teenager took place in the Shali District. According to the Information Centre of the Union of Chechen NGOs, Shamkhan Shamilyov, 16, a resident of Serzhen-Yurt village, was forced away from his house by armed persons in camouflage. Yesterday at night, his body was thrown out in the suburb of the village.

Human rights activists learnt about the incident from the relatives of the assassinated boy.

A representative of Chechen power agencies, whom the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent managed to contact, refrained from any comments on Shamilyov's kidnapping and subsequent murder, saying that he knew nothing about it.

Author: Alexander Ivanov Source: CK correspondent

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