Echeda is a

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. It is located on a steep hillside, and is from Gora Addala Shukgelmezr.

Militants

On 11 July 2014, a member of an illegal armed formation, who opened fire at

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from the roof of a

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, was shot dead in Echeda. The militants were identified as Merza Abdulkerimov, the leader of the Tsumandin

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, and his

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Magomed Khuchbarov.

References

Rural localities in Tsumadinsky District {{Tsumadinsky-geo-stub