Police in Russia’s Karachay-Cherkessia report on antiterror operation

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Karachay-Cherkessia, 25 July, Caucasus Times = The Karachay-Cherkess police have carried out a complex special operation to prevent attempts to commit acts of sabotage and terror, the republic’s Interior Ministry reported.

During the operation, 10 weapons, over 100 ammunition, two grenade fuses and 42electric detonators that were in illegal possession were seized, the involvement in extremist activity of 19 inhabitants of the republic, who
belonged to the extremist stream Wahhabism, was checked, and caches Acontaining arms, ammunition and explosives were discovered.

As a result of the operation, 101 criminal cases were instituted, 90 of which have been solved. Also during the special operation, 10 crimes committed earlier were solved and 22 people on the wanted list were detained.

Madina Batasheva, Nalchik, Caucasus Times

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