Ali Bunkhoev

Victim record SAM-1995-V026 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War

Original Cyrillic: Бунхоев Али Тайсумович — Year of birth: 1951 — Date of death in Memorial: 8 April 1995 — Location: Stepnaya Street, Samashki — Memorial Appendix 3: entry 26

Documented circumstances

On the morning of 8 April 1995, Ali Bunkhoev was reportedly ordered out of his home by Russian servicemen in Samashki.

Memorial recorded that he was wounded by gunfire when he tried to run, then shot again and his body was put into a neighbouring burning house. The investigator’s appendix identifies statements from his sister and other villagers, in addition to the burial list and a death-certificate reference. The available materials document allegations against the troops, without identifying a particular shooter.

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. 26; 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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