RUSSIA crushes ISIS presence by killing the “emir” of Dagestan (Muslim area of Russia)

A Muslim jihadist suspected of being behind multiple terror attacks in the North Caucasus and four of his accomplices have been killed in a police operation in Dagestan.

Rustam Aselderov

WIN  The regional office of the Russian Investigative Committee identified one of the five as 35-year old Rustam Aselderov, the “emir” of the Islamic State (ISIS) group in the region, who was wanted for his suspected role in several attacks, including a double bombing in 2013 on a bus and at a train station in southern Russia that killed a total of 34 people.

Russian special forces used a machinegun robot (pictured) during an operation to kill the ISIS warlord behind a wave of deadly bombings in the country

Aselderov was suspected to have masterminded a long list of suicide attacks in Dagestan and bombings elsewhere that including a foiled suicide attack by two women on Red Square in Moscow on New Year’s Eve in 2010.

The five were killed late Saturday on the outskirts of the regional capital, Makhachkala, in a gun battle with security forces, police spokeswoman Fatina Ubaydatova said.

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Russian state television showed special and armored vehicles taking up positions to surround a two-story house nestled at the foot of mountains that flank Makhachkala to the west.

Russia in October offered a 5 million ruble ($78,000) reward for information on Aselderov’s whereabouts. The Russian North Caucasus is one of the major sources of foreign jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq. 

Dagestan, a predominantly Muslim province on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, has become the epicenter of an Islamic insurgency following two separatist wars in neighboring Chechnya. Despite government efforts to clamp down on the insurgency, shootouts and bombings are routine.