Khuseyn Gakayev, one of the two commanders reported killed, split with Doku Umarov in the summer of 2010, but reconciled in July 2011 and was named commander of the terror group’s eastern front.
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The attack is the third in six weeks against prominent Muslim clerics who were working to promote moderate versions of Islam in Russia. Two others were targeted in Tatarstan in July; one was killed.
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William Plotnikov, a Canadian turned militant killed in Dagestan
