| 21.12.200915:36 (GMT) | An Iranian defendant in the case of the assassination of former Russian military intelligence Chechen battalion Vostok commander Sulim Yamadayev gave a lift many times at court session to the alleged mastermind behind the man’s slaying, while his Tajik accomplice helped the suspected killer flee the UAE, news agencies are reporting from Dubai. The alleged mastermind, who was named only as Adam by a police officer in the Court of First Instance, is believed to be Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Adam Delimkhanov, the Khaleej Times writes.
Apart from Adam and the Iranian, there was another Chechen man in the car. They followed the victim and his family from the airport to their place in Rimal building in Jumeirah Beach Residence and Adam filmed them with his mobile phone, according to the witness.
Before he left the UAE, Adam asked the Iranian to keep a small suitcase for him. “Out of curiosity, the Iranian opened the suitcase later and found a gun,” the officer said. Lieutenant-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, had said earlier that a gun left by Yamadayev’s killer was found to be registered to guards of Adam Delimkhanov.
The 37-year-old Iranian clerk was aware that a murder would take place but did not know when. He is standing trial with a Tajik business partner, 37, for abetting and conspiring in the assassination of Sulim Yamadayev in late March.
On the day of the incident, the Tajik went with one of the suspects to the area where the victim lived and kept roaming around looking for him until noon. After the assault, on the way to the airport, he asked two suspects whether they accomplished the “mission” (murder) and they told him they did. The killer could flee the UAE right after the crime, according to the police of Dubai.
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