Six men have been convicted of planning a terrorist attack on MoscowÂ’s Red Square on New YearÂ’s Eve and sentenced in the Russian republic of Dagestan.According to court records, the six were members of a group who had plotted to bomb Red Square on New YearÂ’s Eve 2010 and an attack on the North Caucasus railway, as well as being involved in assaults on law enforcement officers. The court sentenced the men to terms ranging from 13 years to 17 years in a maximum security prison.
Three other people were earlier given jail terms over the plot, in which investigators said a female would-be suicide bomber had checked into a hotel on December 28, 2010 together with another conspirator. A bomb was accidentally detonated in the hotel, killing the would-be bomber. The other terrorist quickly fled Moscow, but was later detained, and became one of the three sentenced earlier..