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In Grozny, the owner of the house where the counterterrorist operation (CTO) was conducted, and his two wives, one of whom is pregnant, have been detained. Relatives of those killed are also brought in for interrogations, law enforcement sources have informed.

The Azerbaijani leadership has announced the capture of eight villages in the course of hostilities in Karabakh; the total number of dwelling settlements that came under control of the Azerbaijani Army since the start of hostilities on September 27 reaching 44. Armenian troops have retreated in two sections of the frontline, Nikol Pashinyan, Armenian Prime Minister, has stated.

Russian military observers can control the compliance with the ceasefire agreement in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs suggests. The OSCE Minsk Group is to complete the negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh and return the territory to Azerbaijan, urges Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Since September 27, 43 civilians have been killed, and 214 others have been injured, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reports today. The death toll includes three schoolchildren, while 40 school buildings were destroyed or damaged as a result of shelling attacks, the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan reports today.

The Azerbaijani troops shelled villages, towns, and cities in the Shaumyan, Martakert, and Hadrut Districts of Nagorno-Karabakh, rescuers said. No civilian casualties were reported.

Investigators refused to give out the bodies of the Lolokhoev brothers and Aslangirei Gadaborshev, killed by law enforcers in counterterrorist operations (CTOs), to their relatives. The latter considered the investigators' refusal as unfounded and filed a lawsuit to the Magas District Court.

Hundreds of Syrian militants allied with Turkey have been sent to the Karabakh conflict zone and joined the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and hundreds more are preparing to go, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports with reference to two Syrian rebels involved in the transfer of militants.

At night, Armenian militaries attacked Azerbaijani positions, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. The death toll of civilians has reached 42, the country's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated. In their turn, Armenian authorities claimed that Azerbaijani militaries were shelling three sections of the frontline.

Armenian military servicemen have shelled from mortars the doctors who were taking casualties' bodies at the troops contact line, one medic was wounded, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.

The words of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, that the alleged militants, who were killed during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Grozny on October 13, had entered Russia from abroad, have raised questions about the work of special services, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

Shelling of the frontline Azerbaijani settlements has intensified, local residents report. Villagers complain that because of the shelling they are afraid to do their agricultural works and graze livestock.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released a video, which was allegedly filmed in the city of Gadrut, occupied by Azerbaijani military servicemen. Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh assert that the video was filmed in a village located in the vicinity of this strategically important city.

On the 15th anniversary of the militants' attack on Nalchik, eyewitnesses have shared their memories of these events on social networks, commemorating the victims.

Law enforcers from Karachay-Cherkessia forced Arthur Astezhev, a resident of Stavropol, to confess to an assault related to robbery on his own parents and to incriminate his brothers, relatives of the detainee complained. The father of Arthur Astezhev believes his son is not guilty.

The Armenian side observes the ceasefire, the Ministry of Defence of Armenia announced in response to the Azerbaijan's accusations of shelling attacks on villages and towns in four districts.

Said-Khusein Magomadov, who lives in Europe and who was cursed by his relatives for criticizing the authorities of Chechnya, has not reacted in public to a gathering of his relatives. In his recent video, posted on October 1, Said-Khusein Magomadov reproached Ramzan Kadyrov for the principle of collective responsibility applied in the republic.

Since the beginning of shelling attacks, rescuers of Nagorno-Karabakh have found 673 unexploded ordinance (UXO) items, including missiles and bombs, on the streets of Stepanakert, and other 100 UXO items have been found by the Centre for Humanitarian Demining.

The suspected militants killed today in a shootout with law enforcers in Grozny have been identified. All four of them were wanted and hiding abroad, including in Syria, Ramzan Kadyrov announced.

Leaflets and posters calling for the return of the memorial sign in honour of Russian soldiers have appeared both in Sochi and in other cities of Russia, reports historian Frol Vladimirov. Such monuments cause discord between people, Circassian activists note.

The disavowal of relatives from Said-Khusein Magomadov, who lives in Austria and criticizes Chechen authorities, is no guarantee for the safety of either the blogger's relatives or the blogger himself, experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested.