Umalat Magomedov Explained

Birth Date:1979
Birth Place:Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR
Death Date:31 December 2009
Death Place:Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia
Office1:Emir of the Dagestani Front
Term Start1:12 April 2009
Term End1:31 December 2009
Predecessor1:Omar Sheikhulayev
Successor1:Magomed Vagabov
Allegiance:Caucasus Emirate
Nickname:Emir Al Bara
Commands:Vilayat Dagestan
Battles:Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Umalat Magomedov, also known as Emir Al Bara, was the leader of the militant Vilayat Dagestan organisation in the southern Russian Republic of Dagestan.

Biography

He was appointed emir by Dokka Umarov, leader of the Caucasus Emirate, in April 2009 after the death of Omar Sheikhulayev. He was killed by Russian security forces on 31 December 2009.[1]

The widow of Umalat Magomedov, a 17-year-old called Dzhanet Abdullayeva (also known as Abdurakhmanova) was one of the two suicide bombers who carried out the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20100101153850.shtml . ru:В Дагестане в ходе боестолкновения ликвидированы четыре боевика . Russian . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015940/http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20100101153850.shtml . March 5, 2016 .
  2. News: http://podrobnosti.ua/accidents/2010/04/01/676339.html . ru:Установлены личности смертниц, устроивших взрывы в Москве . Russian . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20100707141745/http://podrobnosti.ua/accidents/2010/04/01/676339.html . July 7, 2010 .