The radical islamic terrorists in the North Caucasus region of Russia took a big hit this week as it was confirmed that their #1 leader, Alexander Tikhomirov, in a gun battle during a raid in Ingushetia.
Good news indeed. One less jihadi leader breathing in this world.
From The Washington Post:
Good news indeed. One less jihadi leader breathing in this world.
From The Washington Post:
Ingush leader confirms senior rebel killed in raid
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The president of Russia's volatile Caucasian republic of Ingushetia Saturday confirmed reports that Russian forces killed a senior Islamist rebel, local newswire reported.
Earlier this week, Russian news agencies, citing law-enforcement sources, said Alexander Tikhomirov, also known as Said Buryatsky, was killed Tuesday in a gun battle near Nazran, Ingushetia's largest town.
"He was killed, but his place will be taken over by some other ideologist," newswires quoted Yunus-Bek Yevkurov as saying.
Last year, Yevkurov almost died in a suicide bomb attack Russian police suspect was organized by Tikhomirov.
The rebel also took responsibility for the deadliest attack in Russia's North Caucasus region in four years when a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and injured 138 at a police building in Ingushetia last August.
Ingushetia, a tiny republic wedged between North Ossetia and Chechnya, has been subjected to an Islamic insurgency for nearly a decade.
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