Arthur Getagazhev (), also known as Emir Abdullah or Ubaydullakh, was an Islamist militant leader in the Russian

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republic of

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. Active in the

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from at least 2009 , Getagazhev was credited for many attacks in Ingushetia including the

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of the Ingushetia head of security Akhmet Kotiev. Following the killing of Dzhamaleyl Mutaliyev (alias Emir Adam) by Russian security forces on 21 May 2013,

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, leader of the

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, appointed Getagazhev as the head of the

Vilayat Galgayche Vilayat Galgayche, formerly known as Ingush Jamaat, was an Islamist militant organization connected to numerous attacks against the local and federal security forces in the Russian regions of Ingushetia and Chechnya in the North Caucasus. Since ...

rebels. Getagazhev was among 7 killed during a raid by security forces on the village of Sagopshi on 24 May 2014.

Aftermath

On 6 July 2014, Russian special forces prepared an ambush near the morgue where the body of Arthur Getagazhev was located. The intelligence reported that Ingush rebels would try to recover the body of the slain leader.

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(department specializing on the Caucasus) claimed that in the middle of the day two Ingush rebels attacked the ambush, killed seven and wounded four Russian FSB and

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officers within less than 40 seconds, after which the rebels left the scene unharmed.

References

External links

* http://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/20-08-2012/121918-ingushetia_mourning-0/ * http://eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/21965/ * http://fedpress.ru/news/society/news_crime/1377603157-lider-boevikov-artur-getagazhev-mozhet-byt-prichasten-k-ubiistvu-sekretarya-sovbeza 2014 deaths Ingush people Russian rebels Russian Islamists Caucasus Emirate members 1975 births Leaders of jihadist groups {{Russia-bio-stub