“Accidental Deaths” in Ingushetia
La Russophobe has published a translation from the NGO Memorial, detailing a botched armed attack by the Russian military which had claimed the lives of at least four civilians who had gone out walking in a valley to pick wild garlic:
On February 11th, according to witness Adlan Mutayev, four individuals (Shamil Katev, age 19; Movsar Tataevym, age 22; Arbi Mutayev, age 20; and his brother Adlan, age 18) came under automatic weapons fire as they exited the forest with bags full of wild garlic. Shamil and Movsar were wounded, while the two brothers fled. Wounded in the leg, Adlan concealed himself in a ditch and when the Russian forces approached, he was not noticed. He spent two days hiding out in the forest until he was finally rescued by local residents, having contracted frostbite. Arbi also attempted to hide, but was apprehended by Russian forces, heavily armed men of Slavic appearance wearing camouflage uniforms. The brought him back to the place where his two comrades were lying wounded and ordered him to move the bodies, according to Arbi. Shamil begged the soliders not to kill him. Unable to lift his friends, Arbi pulled his cap down over his eyes and then heard shots being fired. The soldiers then left the two corpses lying in the snow and carried Arbi away with them, torturing him in the woods for two days before releasing him.