The body of a man with gunshot wounds, found at a militant base in western Ingushetia earlier on Tuesday, was identified as Jordanian-born Khalid Yusef Mohammad al-Elitat, who fought for the Islamist terrorist network in Russia's North Caucasus, distributing funds among militant groups active in Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia.
Investigators have suggested the fighter could have been killed during a clash with other militants.
Although the active phase of the antiterrorism campaign in the North Caucasus officially ended in 2001, periodic bombings and clashes between militants and federal troops still disrupt Chechnya and nearby regions, including Daghestan and Ingushetia.
Last month General Nikolai Rogozhkin, the commander of the Interior Troops, said that up to 700 militants were operating in the North Caucasus at present and that there could be up to 70 foreign fighters among them.
