Arab mercenaries are demanding that militants carry out new terrorist acts, regardless of who will become victims of terrorism, Major-General Ilya Shabalkin, an official with the regional operative headquarters directing the anti-terrorist operation in the Northern Caucasus, told Interfax on Tuesday.
| Dang! Ilya got promoted in July, and I never even noticed. I guess I missed the promotion party... |
Shabalkin said this information came from a member of the group that committed crimes in the Achkhoi-Martan and Urus-Martan regions, who voluntarily turned himself in to law enforcement agencies recently. The man also surrendered his Kalashnikov gun, Shabalkin said. The former militant says Arab mercenaries are constantly demanding new terrorist acts and their main goal is to instill fear and chaos in Chechnya. Those mercenaries do not care who the victims of the terrorist acts are, the man said. |