Kadyrov reported on the killing of a suspected militant in Chechnya.

Law enforcement officers in Chechnya killed one person suspected of involvement in sabotage in the Gudermes district, and another person was detained, said Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting with law enforcement officials.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the commander of the special police regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs named after Akhmat Kadyrov, Zamid Chalaev, promised on October 19 to "not be lenient" with residents of Chechnya whom law enforcement officers detain on suspicion of aiding extremists and militants. According to official media, Chalaev announced a "no-compromise struggle against supporters and accomplices of extremism and terrorism." "If someone transported a person, helped him, he will be shot without trial or investigation," translated Chalaev's words by one of the opposition Chechen Telegram channels.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced at a meeting with law enforcement officials that a suspect in connection with certain sabotage had been killed in the republic. He referred to a report from the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya, Aslan Iraskhanov.

"During operational work, law enforcement agencies identified individuals involved in the sabotage committed last year. One of the suspects was eliminated, the second was detained," quotes Kadyrov's words the news agency "Chechnya Today."

Kadyrov did not specify what exactly the "sabotage" referred to. The authorities of Chechnya and the official media of the republic did not report any incidents in the Gudermes district throughout 2025.

Official sources also do not provide information about the killed and detained individuals. However, Telegram channels published a copy of the operational directive on 36-year-old Turpal-Ali Mezhidov, a native of Gudermes: according to the information circulated by law enforcement, he was wanted on suspicion of illegal arms trafficking.

“Mezhidov saw it and tried to flee the city. At a checkpoint in the Chernorechye area, he was stopped and law enforcement officers attempted to detain him. He offered armed resistance. According to preliminary data, during the shootout, the criminal injured several police officers and escaped,” claims the Telegram channel Directorate 4. According to the source, law enforcement officers pursued Mezhidov for some time and killed him in the territory of the Kurchaloevsky district.

Information that it was indeed Turpal-Ali Mezhidov who was killed was also spread by opposition Chechen Telegram channels. One of them claims that in the past, Mezhidov was repeatedly detained by law enforcement and subjected to "brutal torture"; this channel also denies information about the detention of any of his associates by law enforcement. Another opposition channel notes that along with the directives on Mezhidov, directives on Isa Shovkhalov, born in 1984, and another person were also circulated among law enforcement officers.