Another four participants in the disturbances at the Dagestan airport were given long terms
The court in the Stavropol region sentenced four more people involved in the criminal case of the pogrom at Makhachkala airport to 8 to 10 years in prison. Rajab Mutaev, Magomed Magomedbekov, Shamil Mugutdinov and Murtazali Murtazaliyev were found guilty of violating traffic safety requirements and participating in mass riots accompanied by violence.
Earlier, more than forty persons involved in the case were found guilty. They were sentenced to long prison terms. The investigator stated that 142 people were involved in the crimes. In relation to 135 defendants, the preliminary investigation was completed.
As a reminder, on October 29, 2023, hundreds of people broke into the Makhachkala airport, trying to find passengers of a transit flight from Tel Aviv. Those gathered spoke against Israel's actions in Palestine. According to the prosecutor's office, more than 20 police officers were injured, and the material damage to the airport exceeded 24 million rubles.
