18:26, 21 November 2005

Villager released after torture

Abducted by unidentified persons from his own home on 18 November, Khamdulla Abuyevich Naurdinov, b. 1960, resident in Pamiatoi, Shatoi district, was released on 19 November. On 20 November, a correspondent of the Russian-Chechen News Agency (RCNA) met Mr Khamdulla Naurdinov and learnt from him about some of the circumstances of his abduction and subsequent release. It was established that a group of unidentified persons driving several VAZ 2110 vehicles had brought Mr Naurdinov away from his own home in the evening on 18 November.

The strangers introduced themselves as officers of the 2nd regiment of the checkpoint and patrol service of the police. At about 6.00 p.m. on 19 November, the abducted man was found outside the Shatoi district, beaten severely. Because of his poor condition, he was not able to recollect the exact place of his release. He told the RCNA reporter that he had been found by residents of some settlement who had helped him to get home. Mr Naurdinov says that he was beaten and tortured with electricity, the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society reports.

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