The new group gradually became less discriminating in their attacks , targeting even rank-and-file traffic police officers , and killing more than 40 policemen in the first half year of 2005 . In May 2005 it became part of the umbrella organization Caucasian Front established by the new president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , Sheikh Abdul Halim , following the death of his predecessor Aslan Maskhadov . The group is believed to be responsible for many high-profile attacks such as the bombing which killed more than 10 Russian special forces soldiers in Makhachkala and the assassination of the republic 's deputy Interior Minister , General Magomed Omarov in 2005
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