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Article: Chechen Rebel Leader Sadulayev Killed
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- June 17, 2006
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KAZBEK VAKHAYEV, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
06-17-2006
Dateline: GROZNY, Russia
The Chechen rebel leader was killed in a special police operation in his hometown on Saturday, authorities said.
Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev was killed in his hometown of Argun, a city nine miles east of Grozny. The press service of the Moscow-backed Chechen prime minister confirmed Russian media reports of his death.
The Interfax news agency quoted Muslim Khuchiyev, a minister in the local administration, as saying that police acted on a tip, tracked down Sadulayev and killed him when he offered resistance.
Further details of the operation were not immediately available.
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