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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ten jailed, four for life, in Russian train bombing
2012-05-23
A Russian court has jailed 10 Caucasus terrorists militants, four of them for life, for a deadly bombing on a Moscow-Saint Petersburg express train in November 2009 that killed 28 people. The court found all 10 suspects guilty of planning a terror attack, belonging to an illegal armed group and carrying banned weapons.

All those convicted were from Ingushetia. The four ringleaders were given life sentences while the six others got between seven and eight years.

The terrorists militants were nabbed in a special operation by Russian security forces in the Ingush village of Ekazhevo in March 2010 in which eight other suspects were also killed.

Nine of those detained and sentenced have the surname Kartoyev, except one of those jailed for life, Zelemkhan Aushev. It is not clear if they are directly related, and close-knit Ingushetia is known for having a limited number of surnames.

State television pictures showed the ten laughing and smiling in the glass-paneled courtroom cage as they seemed to mock the trial.

One of their lawyers said the defense would appeal the verdict. Musa Pliyev said, "During the whole investigation not a single piece of evidence has been produced proving the guilt of the accused. The court was not objective and this verdict is not fair."

More than 100 people were also injured in the remote-controlled bombing on the Nevsky Express, an upscale passenger train popular with well-off Russians and foreign tourists.

The attack was claimed by the Caucasus Emirate group of Chechen Islamist leader Doku Umarov.
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