Crime and Prehistory (how one becomes an insurgant)

On September 11, 2009, at approximately 4:00 a.m. in Nazran (Ingushetia) Ahrieva street a group of people shot up the house of Ahmed Malsagov.  His son Adam Malsagov appears to have been a police officer.    

The shooting did not damage the owner's house, rather it damaged the gas pipes.  In the words of the witnesses there were up to six attackers.

A bullet ricocheted off the house and injured one of the attackers.  His body was later found not far from the Malsagov's house.  The man was identified as a 21-year-old Nazran resident Muhhamad Kodzoev. The body was released to relatives. Witnesses, on seeing Kodzoev's corpse, avow that, in addition to the bullet wound in his neck, there were four bullet wounds in his back.

Human Rights Center Memorial has information that on October 14, 2008 Muhhamad Kodzoev, along with four others, was unlawfully held by police at Nazran OVD. Kodzoev and one of the four others who were held were beaten. For two days they were in detention. On  October 16, Kodzoev and his companions were brought in a verdict of guilty of committing an administrative offence of disorderly conduct (Part 1 Article 20.1 of Code of administrative infraction of Russia).  They were all sentenced to a fine of 500 rubles.  The administrative holding was rescinded.  Kodzoev and his companions contested the decision.  (http://www.memo.ru/hr/hotpoints/caucas1/msg/2008/10/m152918.htm).  It is more than likely that after this Muhhamed decided to join the “boyeviks” and seek his revenge against the police.       

September 28, 2009