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

North Caucasus The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...

republic of

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. Active in the Insurgency in Ingushetia 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,

Doku Umarov Doku Khamatovich Umarov ( ce, Ӏумар Хьамади кӀант Докка, translit='Umar Ẋamadi khant Dokka, ; russian: Доку Хаматович Умаров, Doku Khamatovich Umarov; 13 April 1964 – 7 September 2013), also known as ...

, leader of the

Caucasus Emirate The Caucasus Emirate ( ce, Имарат Кавказ, Imarat Kavkaz, IK; russian: Кавказский эмират, Kavkazskiy emirat), also known as the Caucasian Emirate, Emirate of Caucasus, or Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, was a Jihadist ...

, appointed Getagazhev as the head of the

Vilayat Galgaycho Vilayat Galgayche (russian: Вилайят Галгайче, Vilayyat Galgayche; inh, Вилаят ГӀалгӀайче, Vilayat Ghalghayche), was an Islamist militant organization connected to numerous attacks against the local and federal sec ...

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. The intelligence turned out to be correct;

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(department specializing on the Caucasus) reported 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 Islamic terror groups {{Russia-bio-stub