Akhmed Chatayev

Akhmed Rajapovich Chatayev
Born14 July 1980
Vedeno, Vedensky District, Chechnya, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died22 November 2017(2017-11-22) (aged 37)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Known forPlanning the 2016 Atatürk Airport attack

Akhmed Chatayev, Ahmad Shishani[1] (Russian: Ахмед Чатаев, Ахмад Шишани;[2] 14 July 1980 – 22 November 2017) was a Chechen Islamist, terrorist, and Islamic State leader who is thought to have been the planner of the 2016 Istanbul airport attack.[3][4][5][6][7] He was killed in a shootout with Georgian security forces in Tbilisi on 22 November 2017.

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