Belgium extradited to the Russian side a citizen accused of an armed attack on a school in Chechnya in 1996, said the official representative of the Ministry of the Ministry of Chechnya 39; Interior of the Russian Federation Irina Volk.
The crime took place in the spring of 1996 in one of the educational institutions in the village of Geldagan, in the Chechen Republic. According to the investigation, the accused Ali Ozdamirov learned of the entrance to school of a large sum of money intended for the payment of scholarships and salaries. Deciding to steal the money, he created an armed group.
The day before the money was received, the accomplices entered the school building and entered the school building. # 39; are hidden there. In the morning, they opened indiscriminate fire in the room and stole more than 40 million rubles ($ 20 million). As a result, several people were injured.
Almost all of the participants in the attack have been arrested. They were then sentenced to heavy prison terms. Ozdamirov fled from law enforcement, he was put on the wanted list through Interpol channels.
In addition, Russian citizen Ekaterina Kholodkova, accused of illegal organizing and driving gambling in Voronezh, was extradited from Belgium. The woman was a member of a criminal community which, from 2015 to 2019, managed to extract revenues of over 21 million rubles.