Career
In December 2008 Dokku Umarov appointed him leader of the Shariat Jamaat as a successor to the slain Ilgas Malachiyev. He was killed on 5 February 2009 in a fierce shoot-out with the Russian security forces outside of Makhachkala.
In December 2008 Dokku Umarov appointed him leader of the Shariat Jamaat as a successor to the slain Ilgas Malachiyev. He was killed on 5 February 2009 in a fierce shoot-out with the Russian security forces outside of Makhachkala.