Short incident summary
A local mullah was knifed to death in a suspected blood revenge attack
Event in review
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Incident start date
14/01/2024
Incident finish date
14/01/2024
Incident location republic
Chechnya
Incident location city
Voskresenovskiy
Incident location details
Shelkovskiy Rayon
Latitude
Longitude
Location specificity
Approximate
Incident type
AttackSeizure
Weapons used
Melee weapon
Perpetrator type
Civilian
Perpetrator group
Number of perpetrators
Target type
ReligiousPerson
Number of casualties (low)
1
Number of casualties (high)
1
Number killed (low)
1
Number killed (high)
1
Number injured (low)
Number injured (high)
Security services killed
Civilian killed
Insurgents killed
Number detained
Incident linked to
Additional notes
Abdurakhim Gakayev, born 1968, killed. Turpal-Ali Sh., born in 1993 and resident in Gudermes, identified as the suspected killer. Blood revenge and mullah’s provision of black magic suspected reasons for killing. The suspect’s car was found near the incident