January 2005 Dagestan Raids

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January 15, 2005 sieges in Daghestan
Part of Second Chechen War
Date January 15, 2005 Location Makhachkala and Kaspiysk, Daghestan Result Russian tactical victory
Belligerents
Russia  Dagestan	Shariat Jamaat
Commanders and leaders
Arzulum Ilyasov †	Magomedzagir Akayev †
Strength
?	8
Casualties and losses
4 killed 1 wounded	6 killed 1 wounded and captured

January 15, 2005 sieges were two raids of the Russian security forces on a militant Islamist group's safehouses in Daghestan. At least four Russian commandos and six rebels died in the clashes, while one was captured. The group, called Shariat Jamaat, previously killed 29 members of the Daghestani department for fighting extremism and criminal terrorism, including its chief Akhberdilav Akilov.