Dagestan: Russia says Dagestan rebels commander Abdullah Magomedaliyev killed in raid
Russian forces in the restive north Caucasus Dagestan region killed seven suspected rebels, including a top commander, Russia’s anti-terror committee said Thursday.
One of those killed during the operation conducted on Wednesday and Thursday in the Dagestan capital Makhachkala was Abdullah Magomedaliev, the committee said, according to Russian news agencies.
The gunman, who was born in 1977, was described as “the leader of a battalion specialised in spectacular attacks against the security forces.”
“Magomedaliev trained a suicide bomber and planned the the suicide attack against interior ministry base in Bouinaksk that killed 56 troops in September 2010,” the committee said.
Initial reports at the time of the attack had mentioned a much lower death toll.
“Through his foreign network, Magomedaliev had contacts with the Georgian special service, who supported his terrorist activities,” the committee alleged.