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[KavkazUzel] The court sentenced four residents of Ingushetia to lengthy prison terms, finding them guilty of plotting a terrorist attack during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, justifying terrorism, illegal possession of weapons, and membership in the Islamic State**. The convicts themselves stated that they confessed under torture.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 9, 2018, a resident of Ingushetia announced the kidnapping of his cousin, 29-year-old resident of Nazran, Ibragim Aliyev. According to the relative, on the morning of June 8, 2018, security forces searched the man’s house, beat him and took him away in an unknown direction. The relative is sure that a grenade and a homemade bomb were planted on Aliyev. Five days later, the security forces told Aliyev's family that he had been killed while trying to attack the investigator and escape. Ibrahim's brother Bashir Aliyev was also detained.
On July 7, 2018, the security forces handed over the body of a resident of Ingushetia, Ibragim Aliyev, who was killed after being detained, to his relatives after they refused the help of human rights activists in verifying the official version of his death.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced four residents of Ingushetia to various terms of imprisonment - from 18 to 21 years - on charges of preparing a terrorist attack during the 2018 World Cup, Kavkaz. Realii reported today. *.
According to the case file on the website of the Southern District Military Court, Bashir Aliyev, Aslan Bekov, Muslim Galaev and Ruslan Tsitskiev were sentenced today.
Bashir Aliyev and Ruslan Tsitskiyev each received 20 years of strict regime, Aslan Bekov - 21 years, Muslim Galaev - 18 years, Fortanga reported in her Telegram channel. They were convicted of attempting a terrorist attack, justifying terrorism, illegal possession of weapons and membership in the "Islamic state" **, the publication specified.
Two more people appear in the case - Islam Kartoev and Zalimkhan Bogatyrev, Fortanga informed. In February 2020, both Islam Kartoev and Zalimkhan Bogatyrev were sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime.
Four residents of Ingushetia, convicted today in court, said earlier that they confessed under torture. In court, Bashir Aliyev stated that the grenades found on him were originally planted on his brother Ibrahim Aliyev, "but after he was killed, [the grenades] were handed over to me. We decided that the dead would no longer be needed, and they certainly wouldn't interfere with the living." Also at the beginning of the trial, all the defendants retracted their confessions. They stated that the security forces beat them to get a confession, Kavkaz. Realii informed.*
The operation against the alleged members of the Islamic State cell**, who, according to the security forces, planned to stage a terrorist attack near the building of the government of Ingushetia during the World Cup and attack law enforcement officials, took place in June 2018 in Nazran.
As a result, three people from the Ayupov family - brothers Umar and Mokhmad and their mother Madina - were killed and their house was destroyed. On the same day, Ibrahim Aliyev was detained in this case. During a search, they found a grenade and components for making an explosive device, which, according to the Aliyev family, were planted. A few days later, relatives were informed that Ibrahim Aliyev had been killed while trying to escape, the publication informed.
Recall that this special operation in Nazran caused indignation among the inhabitants of Ingushetia. Those killed during a special operation in Ingushetia are members of the family of a retired police colonel, none of them had anything to do with the militants and did not shoot at the security forces, local residents said. The security forces claimed that the dead swore allegiance to IS**. The militants killed in Ingushetia were preparing terrorist attacks on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, then head of the republic, said.
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