Oct 31, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has issued shoot-to-kill orders against
protesters to prevent unrest similar to Sunday night's anti-Israeli riot in
neighboring Dagestan, state media reported Tuesday.
The RIA Novosti news agency said Kadyrov had instructed Interior Ministry and National Guard forces to detain anyone who takes to the streets in the Muslim-majority republic of Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus.
“Otherwise, make three warning shots in the air, and if the person doesn’t
obey the law afterward, make the fourth shot in the forehead,” the Chechen
leader said.
“No one else will come out [to protest]. This is my order,” he added.
Kadyrov, 47, has ruled the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya with an iron
fist since 2007. The region was devastated by two separatist wars in the 1990s
and early 2000s.
Military Review, The Moscow Times