Mowsar Bukharovich Barajew
Mowsar Bukharovich Barajew ( Russian Мовсар Бухарович Бараев ; born October 26, 1979 in Argun in Chechnya ; † October 26, 2002 in Moscow ) was a Chechen terrorist. He was a nephew of the Chechen warlord Arbi Barayev .
He became known as the leader of a group of Chechen separatists who took 916 people hostage during a performance of the musical Nord-Ost in Moscow's Dubrovka Theater in October 2002 (see Hostage-taking in Moscow's Dubrovka Theater ). When the hostage-taking by Russian special forces ended, in which more than 130 (119 of them after the liberation, in the hospitals) of the hostages were killed, he was killed along with the remaining 40 members of the command.
According to the Chechen government, which is loyal to Moscow, Barayev is said to have been responsible for an attack that left 20 people dead in the village of Alkhan-Yurt on December 9, 2000.
In March 2004, a group that wanted to blackmail the French government to lift the headscarf ban in French schools called itself Mowsar Barajew's command .
Web links
- Biography of Mowsara Barayeva . In: "Kommersant" of October 25, 2002. (Russian)
- Kto takoi Mowsar Barajew on grani.ru (Russian)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Barajew, Mowsar Bukharovich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chechen terrorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Argun , Chechnya |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 2002 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |