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| Makhachkala resident convicted of creating an IS cell |
| 2022-12-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The court sentenced Bulat Gamzatov, a native of Makhachkala, to 15.5 years in prison, recognizing him as the organizer of a cell of a terrorist organization whose members planned attacks on security forces in Stavropol. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on February 7, 2021, it became known that security forces had detained five alleged members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization in the Stavropol Territory. By a court decision, Bulat Gamzatov was sentenced to 15.5 years in a strict regime colony with the first three years in prison, the press service of the Southern District Military Court reported today. Gamzatov was charged under five articles of the Criminal Code: participation in a terrorist organization, recruiting into it, creating a terrorist community, preparing to create an illegal armed group and preparing to encroach on the life of a security official. According to the court, in January 2021, Gamzatov swore allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State terrorist organization*, recording the oath on his mobile phone and sending the video file to a member of this organization, and then in Makhachkala convinced two acquaintances to join the terrorist organization. “In addition, the defendant created a terrorist community with other persons and took over its leadership. In the same month, Gamzatov persuaded two of his other acquaintances to participate in the terrorist community and in the activities of the MTO IS, and also continued to correspond with a member of the MTO IS," who promised to inform the places of hidden storage of firearms," ​​the message on the court's telegram channel says. On February 1, 2021, Gamzatov and his alleged accomplices left for Stavropol to create an illegal armed group and assassinate security officials, the court decided. But on February 2, they were detained on the territory of the Stavropol Territory. "The verdict has not entered into force and can be appealed by the parties to the Military Court of Appeal," the report says. |
| Posted by:badanov |