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High-profile militant detained in Chechnya

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Grozny, August 7 (RIA Novosti) - A high-profile rebel fighter, Abubakar Khasuyev, has been detained by police in Chechnya, the republican Interior Ministry reported Sunday. Khasuyev was caught this morning in a surprise police raid launched in the Chechen capital, Grozny, ministry spokespeople said. The man is now being interrogated, they added.

Another rebel, Alvia Basayev, has been reportedly detained in the southern Chechen region of Urus Martan.

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