Five more participants in the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport were sentenced in Stavropol Krai

A court in Stavropol Krai sentenced five more participants in the anti-Israeli pogrom at the Makhachkala airport to imprisonment for terms of 7 to 10 years. Rizvan Akhmedov, Atu Musayev, Magomed Mukhmayev, Khabib Sheikhov and Shanavaz Elmurzayev were found guilty of participating in mass riots and failure to comply with transport security requirements.

According to investigators, in 2023, the defendants participated in a pogrom in Makhachkala. We are talking about an anti-Israeli action at the Uytash airport, which took place after the arrival of a plane from Israel. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan reported that 1.5 thousand people took part in it, criminal cases were opened against 142. More than 90 people received real terms in the "airport case".

Earlier, human rights activists pointed out the bias of the trial: among the accused there could have been those who did not participate in the storming of the airport. Relatives of many of the defendants said that they considered the sentences too harsh and unfair. 11 prosecution witnesses were unable to identify the defendants.

Recall that on October 29, 2023, hundreds of people broke into the Makhachkala airport, trying to find passengers on a transit flight from Tel Aviv. Those gathered spoke out against Israel's actions in Palestine.

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