ROSTOV-ON-DON. Aug 15 (Interfax) - A suspected accomplice of failed terrorist Viktor Dvorakovsky has been detained in Pyatigorsk, a source in the Stavropol territory law enforcement has told Interfax.
"Law enforcement officers tried to stop a suspicious VAZ-2112 car in the Mineralniye Vody city area, however, the driver did not stop but on the contrary started fleeing from the police at high speed. The pursuit continued to Pyatigorsk where the car was surrounded by several police patrols," the source said.
Azamat Unashkhotlov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, was behind the wheel and a grenade was discovered under the seat. The police also seized drugs from Unashkhotlov.
"Early reports indicate that the detainee could have been an accomplice of 'Russian Wahhabi' Dvorakovsky. Investigative steps are being taken with regard to the detainee. His contacts with Dvorakovsky are also being checked," the source said.
Dvorakovsky, 24, professes radical Islam. He was declared wanted after a home-made bomb exploded last March in a house he was renting in Pyatigorsk. The theory was reported then that Dvorakovsky had planned a terrorist attack in Central Russia.
He was detained on Stavropol territory on July 13. When he tried to offer resistance to the police, a home-made bomb went off in his hands badly injuring him.
A criminal case of an attempt on the life of law enforcers, and the illegal possession and manufacture of weapons was opened against him.