The men will spend
from 10 to 15 years in jail.
MOSCOW, July 9.
/TASS/. The Moscow District Military Court has sentenced three members of the
Islamic State (terrorist group, outlawed in Russia) to between 10 and 15 years
in jail over plotting terrorist attacks in Moscow, a TASS correspondent
reported from the courtroom on Tuesday.
"The court has
found the defendants guilty and sentenced Anzor Tlupov, Bakhtovar Tuychiyev and
Manuchekhr Tuychiyev to 13, 15 and 10 years, respectively," the judge
said, noting that the three men would be serving their sentences in a maximum
security colony.
The defendants were
charged with illegal production of explosives, setting up a terrorist group,
engagement in the group's activities, plotting a terrorist attack and
contributing to terrorism.
The court found that
three IS militants had been plotting a series of terrorist attacks in Moscow
and the Moscow Region. At the moment of detention in summer 2018, they were
trying to destroy explosive substances.
Source: ITAR-TASS
09-07-2019
