Death of a great Mujahid:

 A member of the General Staff of the ChRI Armed Forces contacted the Chechenpress news agency and confirmed in a special statement that General Hamzat Gelayev has died as a martyr (Insha-Allah!) in an unequal battle with Russian occupiers. The statement says: 

"The Chechen people and the Resistance Forces have suffered a heavy loss. In an unequal battle with the Russian occupiers, General of the ChRI Armed Forces Hamzat Gelayev has died as a martyr (Insha-Allah). [Passage in Chechen]. 

The command of the ChRI AF hasn't yet completed its investigation of the circumstances of the loss of Hamzat Gelayev, but we can state with confidence already today that the majority of the reports on this issue from the Russian media and members of the special services don't correspond to reality. Treachery was involved, the culprits are known and will not escape the sure retribution by the Chechen troops. This is all we can say so far. 

The Chechen people has lost and continues to lose many of its glorious heroes. One of them was Hamzat Gelayev. But the place of the killed is taken by new commanders, new heroes. The Chechen Resistance doesn't depend on one name or the other, however hated these names have been for the enemy, because it isn't individual heroes who are fighting against the inhuman and evil Russian aggressors, but the entire Chechen nation, through the hands of its best sons and daughters. 

May Allah the Most High help us on His straight path! 

Allahu Akbar!"

Chechenpress

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2004-03-04 00:14:24