An accomplice in the attack on Pskov paratroopers in 2000 was detained in Dagestan.

2024-03-27T08:10:23.415Z

Highlights: An accomplice in the attack on Pskov paratroopers in 2000 was detained in Dagestan. Islam Batsiev was taken into custody; he will soon be charged with armed rebellion, participation in a gang and encroachment on the life of a serviceman. In May 2023, it was reported that Russian special services detained three ex-militants of the groups Shamil Basayev and Khattab, who took part in the murder of 84 Pskovsky paratrooper in February 2000.

Units of the Federal Security Service of Russia, the Federal Security Service of Russia for Dagestan, as well as employees of the Center “E” of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the North Caucasian Federal District detained on the territory of Dagestan another accomplice in the attack on Pskov paratroopers in 2000 in Chechnya, which resulted in the death of 84 servicemen.