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|imagecaption=The Russian soldier (wearing a blue jacket) seconds before being shot. | |imagecaption=The Russian soldier (wearing a blue jacket) seconds before being shot. | ||
|maker=Unidentified Chechen militant | |maker=Unidentified Chechen militant | ||
|type= | |type=Gore/snuff video | ||
|date=October 22 | |date=October 22, 1996 | ||
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'''OFEX''' is the name given to a [[ | '''OFEX''' is the name given to a [[shock video]] recorded on October 22, 1996 (2 months after [[Wikipedia:Khasavyurt Accord|the formal ceasefire agreement ending the war]]), which shows the execution of a [[Category:Russia|Russian]] soldier by a [[Wikipedia:Chechens|Chechen]] militant. Like [[ChechClear]], this video was also recorded during the [[Wikipedia:First Chechen War|First Chechen War]] for the purpose of scaring Russian soldiers into surrendering. The tape was found in 2000 and brought to public attention a year later, when it was posted to [[shock site]]s like [[Ogrish.com|Ogrish]]. | ||
The name "OFEX" comes from an abbreviation of "officer’s execution", because some sources claimed that the beheaded man was an officer (which is not proven). | The name "OFEX" comes from an abbreviation of "officer’s execution", because some sources claimed that the beheaded man was an officer (which is not proven). | ||
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Other sources allege that the beheaded man was a medic by the name of Yuri Vitalievich Sitrakov<ref group='note'>Russian: Юрий Витальевич Ситраков.</ref> (born 1963) who began military service on June 10, 1994, and went missing in [[Wikipedia:Grozny|Grozny]] on October 8, 1996 (14 days before the execution took place). | Other sources allege that the beheaded man was a medic by the name of Yuri Vitalievich Sitrakov<ref group='note'>Russian: Юрий Витальевич Ситраков.</ref> (born 1963) who began military service on June 10, 1994, and went missing in [[Wikipedia:Grozny|Grozny]] on October 8, 1996 (14 days before the execution took place). | ||
==Notes== | |||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
<font color="yellow"><u>NOTE:</u> The following [[shock video]] contains extremely [[graphic content]]!</font> | |||
*watchpeopledie.tv/h/gore/post/18870/ofex-and-its-story-from-production | *watchpeopledie.tv/h/gore/post/18870/ofex-and-its-story-from-production | ||
== | ==See also== | ||
*[[ChechClear]]: Another video depicting the beheading of a Russian soldier by a Chechen militant during the First Chechen War. | |||
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[[Category:Shock sites]] | [[Category:Shock sites]] | ||
[[Category:Gore]] | [[Category:Gore]] | ||
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[[Category:Russia]] | [[Category:Russia]] | ||
[[Category:1990s]] | [[Category:1990s]] | ||