Heda (surname unrecorded)
Staropromyslovski archive ID STA-K005 · Human Rights Watch original list no. 5 · Reported civilian victim
Recorded age: Not specified · Reported death or discovery: 21 January 2000 · Place: Koltsova Street, Staropromyslovski district · Evidence status: Direct witness to shooting; body not recovered at time of publication
What the sources document
The surviving witness whom Human Rights Watch called Hedi L. identified Heda as a Kumyk woman and the mother of four children. She was one of three women escorted blindfolded by soldiers to a courtyard on Koltsova Street. According to the witness, soldiers shot Heda and Larisa Jabrailova, then sought to burn the bodies; Hedi L. survived by pretending to be dead.
Limitations and editorial verification
Heda’s surname and exact age were not established. No photograph has been authenticated as her portrait. The bodies had not been recovered when HRW published its findings.
This is a memorial record grounded in contemporaneous human-rights witness testimony. It is not an independent criminal verdict. Dates, English spellings, witness protection and unrecovered bodies are treated according to the original sources. No portrait is presented without verified identification and reproduction rights.
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Primary sources
Human Rights Watch, Civilian Killings in Staropromyslovski District of Grozny (February 2000); HRW open letter to Vladimir Putin, numbered list of 38 victims (10 February 2000), entry 5.
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