On 30 April, their corpses were found near the village of Dargo, reportedly beheaded. Meanwhile, three officers from the elite unit Alpha Group of the FSB were killed by a land mine during the search for the hostages.
The discovery of the victims' bodies on April 30 near Dargo village was accompanied by reports that they had been brutally murdered. Simultaneously, three officers from the elite Alpha Group of the FSB lost their lives when they detonated a land mine while searching for the hostages.