NEW KIDNAPPINGS IN CHECHNYA

February 27, 2004 – (Prima News – Chechnya) Several days ago in the village of Ghekhy, Urus-Martanov District, Russian forces seized a young girl and took her away to an unknown destination. Nothing more is known of the incident except for the girl’s name: Madina. On 24 February during a zachistka, or “clean-up operation” in the village of Goyti, also in the Urus-Martanov District, Russian forces arrested and removed two local residents. According to the information available, they were charged with taking part in military actions against the federal powers.

The Council of Chechen NGOs reports that on the night of 23 February a resident of the village of Alkhan-Kala, Grozny District was kidnapped. Local residents said that Russian soldiers arrived in the village in several unmarked UAZ cars. They entered a house on the village outskirts and without producing any sort of charges took the young man, about 24 years old, away with them. His relatives are trying to establish his whereabouts and his fate. The reason behind the arrest is not known.

From: http://prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2004/2/27/27652.html