11:01, 21 October 2003

Over 380 people have disappeared without trace in Chechnya since beginning of year

The republican interior ministry has reported it.

70% of the missing had the criminal past, as it became clear. Besides, there were cases when law-enforcement agencies received applications about missing people and later it turned out that they were in camps for displaced persons beyond the bounds of Chechnya.

People collaborating in armed units are also sometimes declared missing.

Source: ITAR-TASS News Agency

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