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| Caucasus |
| Tatar terrorist gets 15 years for gas pipeline blast |
| 2002-11-28 |
| On Thursday the Supreme Court of the Russian internal republic of Tatarstan sentenced Ramazan Ishkildin to 15 years in high security prison camp for blowing up gas pipelines. Investigators have established that, being a member of a terrorist group, Ishkildin had planted bombs on three Russian natural gas pipelines. One of them exploded on December 1, 1999, inflicting damage of about 8 million roubles. Other members of the terrorist group that was involved in the attacks have already been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. One of them was found to be insane and sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment. This bunch doesn't appear to be Chechens — though I'd guess a guy with a name like Ramazan Ishkildin would be a Muslim, and since at least one of the other members of the group was certifiable, I'd guess they were all Muslims... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |