Anatoly Kyarov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia
About Anatoly Kyarov
- Anatoly Sultanovich Kyarov (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ?????; 10 November 1957 – 12 January 2008) was the head of the Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria republic's UBOP (Unit for Fighting Organized Crime).
- He and his UBOP squad were accused of serious human rights abuses within Kabardino-Balkaria, including of torture and murder.Kyarov was assassinated on January 12, 2008 in Nalchik together with a senior officer of the OMON special forces, while two other police officers were wounded in the attack.
- The local Islamist insurgent group Yarmuk Jamaat was seen as responsible for the assassination (its leader, Anzor Astemirov, have previously survived many assassination attempts himself by Kyarov and his men).
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