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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 Worldstream
06-17-2006
Dateline: GROZNY, Russia
Police in Chechnya killed rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev during a special operation Saturday, authorities said.
Sadulayev was killed in a special operation conducted by the regional police force in his hometown of Argun, the press service of Moscow-backed Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov said. The city is about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of the provincial capital, Grozny.
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.
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