Moscow City Court sentenced Chechen woman Zarema Muzhakhoyeva to 20 years in prison. She had attempted to stage a suicide bombing at a Moscow restaurant, but changed her mind. An officer of the FSB bomb squad was killed while trying to defuse her bomb.
| They were gonna give her life, but changed their minds. Maybe if the poor guy hadn't been killed trying to defuse the thing she'd have gotten off easier. |
Muzhakhoyeva will serve 20 years in a prison colony. The court took into account Muzhakhoyevaâs active help during the investigation but also the decision by the court of jury that she deserved no leniency. The prosecutor demanded to sentence her to 24 years. On Monday, a court of jury passed a guilty verdict in Muzhakhoyevaâs case. After the verdict was pronounced, Muzhakhoyeva said: âI did not hate you before, but now I hate you. When I return, I will blow up all of you.â
| She's assuming she's going to return, of course... |
The 23-year-old bomber of Ingush origin was detained in July 2003 at the doors of a restaurant on Tverskaya Street â Moscowâs main thouroughfare, leading to the Kremlin. She told the restaurantâs security guards that she had a bomb in her bag and planned to stage a suicide attack. Her arrest came just five days after suicide bombers detonated two bombs at a rock concert at Moscowâs Tushino airfield, killing 14 people and wounding many more.
| 20 years doesn't seem long enough, does it? |
| 20 years someplace about 120 miles north of Khabarovsk seems about right. I hope she likes permafrost... |
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