Article: Chechen rebel leader Sadulayev killed

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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