Anatoly Kyarov


Anatoly Sultanovich Kyarov was the head of the Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria republic's UBOP. He and his UBOP squad were accused of serious human rights abuses within Kabardino-Balkaria, including of torture and murder.
Kyarov was assassinated on January 12, 2008 in Nalchik together with a senior officer of the OMON special forces, while two other police officers were wounded in the attack. The local Islamist insurgent group Yarmuk Jamaat was seen as responsible for the assassination.