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| Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov 'dead' | Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov 'dead' |
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| The leader of the Chechen rebels, Doku Umarov, has died, according to Kavkaz Center, the main website of Russia's Islamist militants. | |
| The website said the Caucasus Emirate leader "became a martyr," but no further details were given. | The website said the Caucasus Emirate leader "became a martyr," but no further details were given. |
| There has been no official confirmation from the Russian authorities. | There has been no official confirmation from the Russian authorities. |
| The militant group has claimed responsibility for a string of deadly attacks in Russia in the last few years. | The militant group has claimed responsibility for a string of deadly attacks in Russia in the last few years. |
| The Kavkaz Center website is sympathetic to Islamist militants fighting against Russian rule in the North Caucasus. | |
| In the past, it has used the line about "becoming a martyr" both for people who were killed and for Islamist militants who died of natural causes, so it is not clear if Doku Umarov died peacefully or if he was killed, says Artyom Liss, head of BBC Russian. | |
| Over the last few years, the Russian authorities have announced his killing quite a few times, but the Chechens never confirmed it. | |
| He has in the past recorded video statements just days after his alleged killing by the Russian forces, our correspondent says. | |
| The self-styled Emir of the Caucasus Emirate is one of Russia's most wanted rebels. | |
| He has claimed to have ordered the January 2011 Moscow airport bombing that killed 36 people, and the March 2010 suicide bombings in the Moscow Metro, in which 39 people died. | |
| Mr Umarov also urged his fighters to target the Winter Games that recently took place in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. |