Doctor’s arrest highlights unrest in Dagestan

By Max Seddon

Published December 19, 2012 12:57pm ET

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Doctor’s arrest highlights unrest in Dagestan — In this undated Gasanov family handout photo made avaliable on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, doctor Shamil Gasanov, his wife and two children pose for a photo at their home in Makhachkala, a provincial capital in Dagestan, southern Russia. Doctor Shamil Gasanov was seized and charged of organizing an attack by Islamic militants three years ago that killed the police chief in Makhachkala, a provincial capital in Russiaâs restive Caucasus. But he wonât get his days in court. His decapitated body was returned to his relatives, who say they suspect police blew his head off with a grenade launcher. (AP Photo/Gasanov Family ) | AP

MOSCOW (AP) — The anesthesiologist was performing surgery when masked police burst into the hospital and arrested him, still wearing his medical clothes, leaving the patient lying unconscious on the operating table. Now Marat Gunashev faces charges of helping organize an attack by Islamic militants three years ago that killed the police chief in Makhachkala, their hometown in Russia’s restive Caucasus region.

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