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| 11 jailed over 2017 Saint Petersburg metro bombing | |
| 2019-12-12 | |
| [IsraelTimes] A Russian court on Tuesday sentences 11 people to terms including life in prison after finding them guilty of a deadly kaboom on the Saint Petersburg metro in 2017. Abror Azimov, a 29-year-old from Kyrgyzstan, is sentenced by a military court in Russia’s second biggest city to life in prison for organizing and participating in a terrorist group. Ten other people who are also from Central Asia are sentenced to between 19 and 28 years in prison. All have denied the charges, and said they were tortured. Shokhista Karimova, 48, pounds the glass of the courtroom cage and cries "let me go" after she is handed a 20-year term. The kaboom in April 2017 killed 15 people in the Saint Petersburg metro and maimed dozens more. The alleged perpetrator, Akbarjon Djalilov, a 22-year-old from Kyrgyzstan, died in the attack.
In a statement, the Investigative Committee described the men as radical Islamists acting as part of a group founded in Syria in 2013 by a native of Kyrgyzstan named Sirozhidin Mukhtarov. International warrants have been issued for Mukhtarov's arrest and for that of another group leader, Bobirzhon Makhbubov, the Investigative Committee said. Russia has experienced bomb attacks carried out by Islamist rebels from Russia's North Caucasus region in the past, although Moscow has largely crushed that insurgency. Related: Saint Petersburg metro: 2017-12-30 IS says it was behind Saint Petersburg supermarket bombing Saint Petersburg metro: 2017-06-27 Russian intelligence says Telegram app used in bombing Saint Petersburg metro Saint Petersburg metro: 2017-05-12 Russia charges three suspects with terror in St. Petersburg metro bombing Related: Abror Azimov: 2017-04-22 Russia Strips Citizenship of Suspected St. Petersburg Metro Bomber Abror Azimov: 2017-04-19 Russia metro bombing suspect says he was unwitting accomplice Abror Azimov: 2017-04-18 St Petersburg attack: 'Man who trained bomber' arrested near Moscow Related: Kyrgyzstan: 2019-11-26 Production of Chinese ejiao medicine, the downside Kyrgyzstan: 2019-09-24 Russia accuses US of transferring Daesh to northern Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan: 2019-07-04 China Uses A Surveillance App To Search The Phones Of Tourists Entering The Country Related: Akbarjon Djalilov: 2017-07-29 Russia arrests 7 for 'preparing' fresh Saint Petersburg attacks Akbarjon Djalilov: 2017-04-22 Russia Strips Citizenship of Suspected St. Petersburg Metro Bomber Akbarjon Djalilov: 2017-04-05 Sushi chef suicide bomber patrolled St Petersburg for two hours waiting for the perfect moment to strike before unleashing backpack bomb on train, killing 14 people | |
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