- Gaidar Gadzhiyev assassination
Assassination of Gaidar Gadzhiyev was the
November 29 2001 ,assassination of the RussianGeneral Gaidar Gadzhiyev ,commandant of theUrus-Martan military district inChechnya , by a young local womanAyza Gazuyeva .Ayza Gazuyeva had lost a husband, two brothers, and a cousin in the war. Gadzhiyev, an ethnic
Avar military officer who was accused of atrocities againstcivilian s by locals, reportedly had personally summoned Gazuyeva to witness her husband'storture andsummary execution . (according to the other version, general only refused to tell her the fate of her detained husband.) Gazuyeva's disabled brother was shot dead by the Russian troops shortly before the event.Gazuyeva blew herself up with a
hand grenade near a group of Russian soldiers, killing herself instantly; reportedly, her last words were "Do you still remember me?" [ [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/10/acdd90e6-ac42-43ea-8a51-0bafc6a215fb.html Russia: Nord-Ost Anniversary Recalls Ascent Of Female Suicide Bomber] , RFE/RL, October 27, 2006] Gadzhiyev died of their wounds later; several of his bodyguards were killed as well.References
External links
* [http://www.watchdog.cz/index.php?show=000000-000015-000006-000008&lang=1 The Chechen woman and her role in the “new” society] , Prague Watchdog, June 21st 2004
* [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-09/10/content_373509_2.htm From dismal Chechnya, women turn to bombs] , "China Daily", 2004-09-10
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