Local sources have reported that three male civilians were abducted in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

According to the information, armed invaders from the Russian Interior Ministry and their local collaborators recently organized punishment operations in different parts of the Russian occupied territory. During the operations, a male civilian, born in 1985, was abducted in Argun and charged with being a member of the Chechen mujahedeen. Another male civilian, born in 1981, was abducted from his house in the Berkat-Yurt village of Grozny. He was accused of being a former resistance fighter in 2002. One other male civilian, born in 1988, was abducted in Urus-Martan. He was allegedly providing food to a group of Chechen mujahedeen since September 2009.

The fates and whereabouts of the hostages are unknown at the moment.

*Text was written by Waynakh Online and edited by Michael Capobianco