CHECHNYA: MARTAN-CHU: ALLEGED RUSSIAN ATROCITIES

(19 Feb 2000) Russian/Eng/Nat

More allegations of atrocities carried out by Russian troops in Chechnya emerged on Saturday from the village of Martan-Chu in the south of the republic.

It is alleged that a Chechen woman and an ethnic Russian man were gunned down by soldiers.

The Russian commandant of the village has said the detachments which were redeployed from Grozny to Martan-Chu are destroying good relations built up between his men and the local Chechen population.

The latest flashpoint came four days ago when a Russian APC drove up to the house of local resident Khasanbek Atayev.

He says the A-P-C opened fire on his house, killing his worker and his sister.

The top Russian military commander in Chechnya, Colonel General Viktor Kazantsev has announced that a commission will be sent to Martan Chu to investigate the incident.

SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"Grisha, Grisha (male name)" and she was shot ( pointing with his hands) over there. She was shot at once with a assault rifle with a silencer, so there was no sound. The last thing she cried was" they came to kill us" SUPER CAPTION: Khasanbek Atayev, Villager

SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"We have become hostages of this situation and can not exclude that tomorrow the locals won't start shooting at us. Unfortunately, some federal troops members were shooting around at will and on my plea to stop it they told me "we regret we did not kill you, because you are helping the Chechens."
SUPER CAPTION: Major Faizarukhanov (no first name given), Maratn-Chu commandant

SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"The most important thing now is to help establish some peaceful life around, so that Russian APCs wouldn't be going around so much. Before that incident most people around were quite disposed towards the Federal troops but after that that mood kind of evaporated. "
SUPER CAPTION: Vakha Manzuev, local resident:

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