19:00, 8 March 2010

Valery Etezov, suspected of attacking power agents, shot dead in Nalchik

As reported by law enforcement bodies, in the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Valery Etezov, helper of one of regional militants' leaders - Anzor Astemirov, - was liquidated.

Valery Etezov, born in 1982, was an active supporter of Wahhabism and participant of a number of resonant terror acts - attacks on and shelling of law enforcers. Power agencies report that he was in international search since 2005.

Etezov was identified by law enforcers near one of caf?s in Nalchik. At detention he opened fire on militiamen, having wounded two of them, and an occasional local passer-by. He was killed by response fire, as the "Interfax" reports.

Law enforcement bodies report that an Austrian-made pistol-machine gun, a self-made grenade and a faked ID of an employee of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) were found on the militant, the "Vesti.Ru" reports.