23:52, 27 January 2007

A Chechnya lady-refugee kidnapped from a TRC in Ingushetia

Today in the afternoon (about 1:30 p.m. Moscow time), Ms. Chabieva, Malika Mikhailovna, born in 1969, a refugee from Chechnya, was kidnapped by unknown armed persons in masks from the Temporary Residence Centre (TRC), located in the village of Sleptsovskaya, Republic of Ingushetia, in the territory of "Mekhstroj." The press service of the regional social movement "Chechen Committee for National Salvation" has informed that the sister of the kidnapped woman told about the incident. According to her words, the kidnapped woman is mother of a child of 4, whom the culprits also tried to take away, but then changed their mind.

The relatives have no idea on what could be the reason for Malika Chabieva's kidnapping. The nationality of the kidnappers and their belonging to any power unit have not been established yet.