4 Aug 2012 14:14

Two residents of Tatarstan wanted on suspicion of organizing attacks on Islamic clerics

KAZAN. Aug 4 (Interfax) - The Investigative Committee department for Tatarstan has declared two local residents wanted on suspicion of organizing especially serious crimes, including murders and a terrorist attack.

Robert Ravilyevich Valeyev and Rais Rinatovich Mingaleyev, both born in 1976 and adhering to a radical Islamic teaching, have been declared wanted as possible organizers of recent attacks on Islamic clerics in Kazan, the Investigative Committee department for Tatarstan said in a statement posted on its website on Saturday.

"The investigation has determined that these people organized the killing of Valiulla Yakupov, a deputy head of the Tatarstan Muslim Board, and an assassination attempt on Tatarstan Mufti Ildus Faizov," it said.