Case of eight Dagestanis killed in Chechnya sent to court

The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has sent the case of eight residents of Dagestan, who, according to law enforcers, had prepared a terror act and were killed in a shootout, to the Supreme Court of Chechnya. The casualties' relatives insist on the trial to be held Dagestan, Andrei Sabinin, a lawyer of the "Agora" International Human Rights Group, has stated.

"Andrei Sabinin, an 'Agora' advocate, will for the first time defend his dead clients," Pavel Chikov, the head of the "Agora", wrote in his Telegram channel.

Representatives of the casualties' relatives ask the Supreme Court of Russia to consider the case in Dagestan, since they all live in this region, Mr Sabinin reported in his Telegram channel.

"According to law enforcers, the young people were on their way to Chechnya where they intended to commit a terror act, but were stopped and liquidated. Two vehicles, in which the Dagestanis allegedly travelled, were burned down together with the passengers ... However, the policemen, who received minor wounds, suddenly collectively lost their memory; and no traces of explosives were found on their clothes," Andrei Sabinin wrote.

The investigation was resumed at relatives' request, as they insisted on the casualties' innocence, Vadim Vinogradov, another lawyer, has reminded.