Abi Akhmetova

Victim record SAM-1995-V016 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War

Original Cyrillic: Ахметова Аби Абубакаровна — Year of birth: 1936 — Date of death in Memorial: 8 April 1995 — Location: Sharipova Street, Samashki — Memorial Appendix 3: entry 16

Documented circumstances

Memorial documented Abi Akhmetova’s death at her home on Sharipova Street on 8 April 1995.

According to witness accounts collected by Memorial, Akhmetova emerged from a burning house with her hands raised and was immediately shot. The narrative of the report discusses this incident together with the shooting of Vladimir Belov, who came out of the same burning shelter. The appendix names her son and other village residents among the sources and includes documentary references.

Linked case group — Sharipova Street / neighbouring incidents: Adlob-Vakhab Akhmetov · Balavdi Akhmetov · Vladimir Belov · Doga Tsatishaev. These links indicate a documented relationship of place or event; they do not by themselves establish any individual’s legal responsibility or unrecorded family ties.

Primary evidence

Memorial Human Rights Centre, “By All Available Means… The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs operation in Samashki” (1995, Russian PDF), Appendix 3, victim no. 16; compare the relevant discussion in sections 9.1–9.2 of the report. The account is based on testimonies and supporting records described by the investigators.

Editorial qualification

This is a source-based memorial entry, not a judicial finding or an independent criminal investigation. Statements about the soldiers’ conduct are attributed to Memorial’s witnesses; a particular individual perpetrator has not been established here. English transliterations are editorial, and a precise birth date is not available. Witnesses’ private addresses have not been reproduced.

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