Rasul Makasharipov
Rasul Makasharipov ( War of Dagestan Second Chechen War |
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Rasul Makasharipov (
Caucasian Front
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Biography
Rasul Makasharipov was a native of Dagestan's south-western Tsumadinsky District, bordering
Invasion of Dagestan in 1999. Makasharipov surrendered to Dagestani authorities in 2000, but was released under an amnesty
a year later.
Within a year he began assembling his own organization, finding willing recruits from young Dagestanis who had suffered at the hands of the police. According to one of his followers, "Makasharipov spoke about the necessity to stop
Arabic: Paradise) group and soon started assassinating high-ranking police officials, investigators and prosecutors; the group was destroyed by the Russian crackdown in 2002, with Makasharipov being reportedly the sole survivor who remained free.[1][2]
The same year, Makasharipov found his new group, the
an attack on a Jamaat safehouse, but Makasharipov surfaced four days later to refute these claims. Makasharipov was eventually killed in a shootout with Russian troops on July 6, 2005;[3] his deputy Rappani Khalilov
became his successor as the leader of the Shariat Jamaat.
References
- ^ Shariat organization succeeds to Dzhennet rebel group, Memorial, 14/1/2005
- The Jamestown Foundation, September 2006
- The Jamestown Foundation, July 14, 2005