Aslambek Alisultanov — Samashki, April 1995

Aslambek Alisultanov

Case SAM-1995-V008 · Memorial Appendix 3, entry 8

Original Cyrillic: Алисултанов Асламбек Таусович · Born: 1967 · Recorded death: 9 April 1995 · Location: Forest near Zakan-Yurt

Documented circumstances

Memorial reports that Aslambek Alisultanov escaped into the forest on 8 April and was shot during an ambush near Zakan-Yurt on 9 April.

Source verification

Evidence recorded by Memorial: Grandmother, uncle and neighbour; funeral register and death certificate no. 71. The source is the 1995 Memorial Samashki investigation, Appendix 3, no. 8.

Limits and editorial note

The appendix records the ambush but does not establish the personal identity of the person who fired.

The present text reports findings and witness accounts gathered by Memorial. It is not a judicial finding of an individual’s criminal responsibility. Romanization is editorial; where the source is inconclusive, no details have been invented.

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