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Three jailed for Moscow bombings | Three jailed for Moscow bombings |
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A Moscow court has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for bomb attacks on the city's underground railway in February and August 2004. | A Moscow court has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for bomb attacks on the city's underground railway in February and August 2004. |
The attacks killed 50 people and injured more than 300. | |
Maksim Panaryin, Tambiy Khubiyev and Murat Shavayev were found guilty of committing acts of terrorism. | Maksim Panaryin, Tambiy Khubiyev and Murat Shavayev were found guilty of committing acts of terrorism. |
The first bombing took place between Moscow's Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations. The second blast was outside Rizhskaya station. | The first bombing took place between Moscow's Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations. The second blast was outside Rizhskaya station. |
Shavayev was formerly a Russian justice ministry official. | |
Prosecutors charged that Khubiyev and Shavayev brought detonators and explosives to Moscow from the North Caucasus and Khubiyev assembled one of the bombs, Itar-Tass news agency reported. | |
The February bomb killed 42 people including the bomber and the Rizhskaya blast killed eight. | |
A female suicide bomber and her accomplice were among those killed outside Rizhskaya. The following day, pro-Chechen militants stormed a school in Beslan, southern Russia - an attack which led to more than 330 deaths. | |
President Vladimir Putin blamed Chechen separatists for the Moscow metro attacks. | |
Chechen rebel leaders denied involvement. | Chechen rebel leaders denied involvement. |
The Moscow court found Khubiyev and Panaryin guilty of belonging to a militant group called Karachai jamaat, Itar-Tass reported. | |
Khubiyev pleaded guilty to all of the charges, Panaryin pleaded guilty to some, while Shavayev denied all of them. |