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Salakh Dagaev, a well-known surgeon in Chechnya, has made a surgery, which failed: his female patient has died. She turned out to be a relative of an associate of the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. The surgeon was kidnapped and beaten to death; and his family was forced to say that he died of a heart attack.

During the week of October 12-18, 2020, at least 10 people perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no reports about wounded ones were received. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.

On the Instagram, Zelim Imadaev and Albert Duraev, Russian mixed martial art (MMA) fighters, have supported Abdulak Anzorov, who had killed a college teacher in Paris.

Unidentified persons, who claimed to be Azerbaijani military servicemen, called the brother of the Armenian soldier and informed about beheading him, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson has stated.

The head of Chechnya has condemned the murder of the French teacher, noting that he treats the disrespectful attitude to Islam as a provocation. The 18-year-old Chechen, whom investigators treat as the killer, had refugee status in France.

The Sumgait City Court has sentenced Elchin Mamed, a journalist and a human rights defender to four years of imprisonment. He has denied the charges of illegal weapon possession and a theft, and has linked his prosecution with his human rights activities.

The French society is shocked by the teacher's murder, of which a Chechen is suspected; and this may lead to a deteriorated attitude towards immigrants from Chechnya, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have announced a ceasefire since midnight on October 18.

Three Stepanakert residents have been hospitalized with wounds after the night shelling of the city, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) has reported. Residential buildings and hotels were destroyed.

The French police have detained four relatives of the Moscow-born Chechen within the murder case of a teacher in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, a source has informed.

The number of the civilians killed in the missile attacks on Ganja has increased to 13; those wounded are 52 persons, the Azerbaijani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has stated.

The number of casualties of missile strikes on Ganja has reached 12; and more than 40 civilians have been wounded, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has reported.

In the course of special actions undertaken in the city of Nazran, Ingush law enforcers killed a man. According to preliminary data, Yunus Vidzizhev, an active participant in mass protests in Ingushetia in 2019, was shot dead.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Azerbaijani authorities to ensure the right to life and health of the Armenian prisoners of war, Areg Sargsyan and Narek Amirdjanyan.

A Moscow native of Chechen origin was shot dead after he beheaded a school teacher in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, France, the police have reported. The assassinated teacher had shown caricatures of Prophet Muhammad from the Charlie Hebdo magazine to his pupils.

Due to the introduced martial law, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have prohibited their citizens from leaving the unrecognized republic and moving around it without documents.

The Azerbaijani Army has taken control over three villages of the Khodjavend District, President Ilham Aliev has stated. The total number of such dwelling settlements has reached 53.

According to an interview released by the "Nasiliyu.net" centre, a wife of Salman Tepsurkaev receives reports stating that her husband is alive and hopes for his release due to the publicity of information about the kidnapping.

Participants of a protest action held in front of the UN office in Yerevan criticized the international organization for being passive concerning the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The UN ignores the use of prohibited weapons and military support for Azerbaijan from Turkey, protesters claim.

Today, the number of civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh killed in shelling attacks since the beginning of the fighting in the Karabakh conflict zone has reached 34. Many women with children and elderly people had left Stepanakert because of the threat of shelling attacks, city residents reported.