Zelimkhan Akhmadov | |
Birth Date: | 24 September 1975 |
Birth Place: | Urus-Martan, Checheno-Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Chechen–Aul, Chechnya |
Spouse: | 2 |
Children: | 2 |
Nickname: | Executioner |
Allegiance: | Chechen Republic of Ichkeria |
Branch: | Chechen National Guard |
Rank: | Brigadier general |
Commands: | Urus-Martan sector |
Battles: | First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War |
Awards: | Honor of the Nation |
Relations: | Brothers, Rizvan Akhmadov, Ramzan Akhmadov, Huta Akhmadov |
Zelimkhan Adlanovich Akhmadov (Russian: Зелимхан Адланович Ахмадов; 24 September 1975 – 14 September 2002) was a Chechen militant leader who was the commander of the Grozny and Urus-Martan sectors during the Second Chechen War, taking part in the killing of hundreds of Russian soldiers and Chechen collaborators.[1] [2] Its accused of perpetrating the ambush against OMON members in Grozny which killed 17 members and injured five more.[3]
Akhmadov was blown up in a booby-trapped car on 14 September 2002 in retaliation for the killing of 18 members of the pro-Russian Chechen OMON.[4] [5]