Aslan Byutukayev

Aslan Byutukayev
Commander of Vilayat Nokhchicho (Chechnya)
Commander of Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs
Personal details
Born	22 October 1974 (age 42) Achkhoy-Martan, Chechnya
Religion	Islam (Salafism/Jihadism)
Military service
Nickname(s)	Emir Khamzat Abubakar
Allegiance	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Caucasus Emirate (former)
Battles/wars	Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Aslan Byutukayev (Russian: Аслан Бютукаев), also known as Emir Khamzat and Abubakar, is a Chechen insurgent commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Wilayah al-Qawqaz, the commander of the Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs and a close associate of the deceased Caucasus Emirate leader Dokka Umarov.

Until 2010, Emir Khamzat was a little-known field commander. In the summer of that year, there was a dispute between Dokka Umarov and several commanders of the Chechen wing of the Caucasus Emirate. They were Tarkhan Gaziyev, Muhannad, Aslambek Vadalov and Khuseyn Gakayev. That led to Byutukayev's rapid promotion to the commander of Chechnya's Southwestern Front. He also succeeded the slain Said Buryatsky as leader of the Caucasus Emirate's unit of suicide bombers, the Riyad-us Saliheen.

In January 2011, Byutukayev trained Magomed Yevloyev, the suicide bomber, who carried out the bombing of Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow. Shortly before the bombing, Dokka Umarov, Byutukayev and Magomed Yevloyev filmed a video, claiming responsibility for the attacks. In March 2011, it was reported, that Aslan Byutukayev had been killed in an airstrike by Russian Air Force in Ingushetia, along with the deputy leader of the Caucasus Emirate, Supyan Abdullayev. However, while the rebels confirmed the death of Abdullayev, the death of Byutukayev was denied.

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