Omar (Umar) Sheikhulayev (Russian: Умар Магомедович Шейхулаев, 5 June 1975 - 5 February 2009), also known as Emir Muaz,[1] was the militant leader of the Vilayat Dagestan of the Caucasus Emirate, in the volatile southern Russian republic of Dagestan.[1]

Biography

Omar was a close associate of Rappani Khalilov and Rasul Makasharipov.[2] In December 2008 Dokku Umarov appointed him leader of the Shariat Jamaat as a successor to the slain Ilgas Malachiyev. He was accused of killing Deputy Chief of Staff of the North Regional Command of Internal Troops of the Russian Federation, Major General Lipinsky.[3]

He was killed on 5 February 2009 in a fierce shoot-out with the Russian security forces outside of Makhachkala.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Амир умер (in Russian). Archived from the original on January 19, 2012.
  2. ^ Убили лидера "Шариата" (in Russian). Archived from the original on June 6, 2022.
  3. ^ В ПОСЕЛКЕ ЛЕНИНКЕНТ ГОРОДА МАХАЧКАЛЫ В ОДНОМ ИЗ ДОМОВЛАДЕНИЙ ПО УЛИЦЕ ШКОЛЬНАЯ БЫЛ БЛОКИРОВАН ЛИДЕР БАНДПОДПОЛЬЯ ШЕЙХУЛАЕВ ОМАР (in Russian). Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  4. ^ Глава дагестанского бандподполья Омар Шейхулаев уничтожен в Ленинкенте (in Russian). Archived from the original on March 22, 2014.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sheikhulayev
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