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Chechen Rebel Leader Sadulayev Reported Killed

Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev (file photo) (RFE/RL) June 17, 2006 -- The prime minister of Chechnya says top rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev was killed today near the capital, Grozny.
Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov said in a written statement that Sadulayev was killed in his hometown of Argun.


Argun police chief Ali Tagirov said local officers and a special police force acted on a tip and killed Sadulayev when he offered resistance.


NTV television reported that police also killed a militant who accompanied Sadulayev while two other rebel fighters managed to escape.


Sadulayev had succeeded Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov after he was killed by Russian forces last year.


(compiled from agency reports)

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