Umalat Magomedov

Umalat Magomedov, also known as Emir Al Bara, was the leader of the militant Vilayat Dagestan organisation in the southern Russian Republic of Dagestan.

Umalat Magomedov
Emir of the Dagestani Front
In office
12 April 2009  31 December 2009
Preceded byOmar Sheikhulayev
Succeeded byMagomed Vagabov
Personal details
Born1979
Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR
Died31 December 2009
Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia
Military service
AllegianceCaucasus Emirate
CommandsVilayat Dagestan
Battles/warsInsurgency in the North Caucasus

Biography

He was appointed emir by Dokka Umarov, leader of the Caucasus Emirate, in April 2009 after the death of Omar Sheikhulayev. He was killed by Russian security forces on 31 December 2009.[1]

The widow of Umalat Magomedov, a 17-year-old called Dzhanet Abdullayeva (also known as Abdurakhmanova) was one of the two suicide bombers who carried out the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings.[2]

References

  1. В Дагестане в ходе боестолкновения ликвидированы четыре боевика (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 14, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Установлены личности смертниц, устроивших взрывы в Москве (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 14, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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