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

According to the information, on August 27 Russian Interior Ministry soldiers and the pro-Russian Chechen regime’s armed bandits organized joint punishment operations within the capital district of Grozny.

As a result of these punishment operations, a male civilian, born in 1962, was abducted from his house in the village of Petropavloskaya. The hostage was accused of being a former supporter of the Chechen liberation movement. The claims say that he provided food in June of 2006.

Another male civilian, born in 1983, was abducted from his house in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny. The hostage was accused of hiding ammunition for the Chechen mujahedeen.

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

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