GROZNY, July 7 (RIA Novosti) - Police have arrested a gang leader in Chechnya, a spokesman for the republic's Interior Ministry said Thursday.
Aslanbek Nurychev was apprehended in Central Chechnya, the spokesman said.
The ministry representative said Nurychev had put up armed resistance and tried to blow himself up with a grenade. He was wounded in a shootout with officers and was taken into custody after being given medical aid.
Investigators established that Nurychev had been involved in a number of serious crimes in Chechnya, the spokesman said. According to the ministry, Nurychev had been involved in the killing of a local administration head, two local residents, an attack on a polling station, an armed assault on a police base and a car bombing.
