Seven attack participants in the Kazakhstan city of Aktobe were convicted for life

The specialized inter -district court for criminal cases of the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan sentenced seven direct participants in the June armed attacks in Aktobe to life imprisonment. This is reported by Interfax

The lifelong conclusion was received by Bakyt Kuanyshbaev, Askhat Imangaliev, Anuar Sadikhov, Zhanabai Kuanyshbaev, Alibek Akpanbetov, Arsen Tanatarov and Askhat Rakhmetov. Two more participated in attacks, Aidos Zhubanov and Azamat Abdrakhmanov received 25 years and 22 years in colony, respectively.

In total, 29 people are held in the case, nine of whom are accused of direct participation in the terrorist act, 18 of the reporting of the prepared crime, two in the cover of the crime. The criminal case consists of 201 volume. The interests of the defendants are protected by 27 lawyers. 88 people pass as victims in the case, 48 as witnesses.

The announcement of the sentence took place with increased security measures. The court of the court was completely fenced. The armed security forces stood in the cordon. In the court building there were special forces with weapons. In Aktobe itself, the number of patrols is increased.

On June 5, in Aktobe, a group of armed people attacked two arms stores and a military unit . Seven people were killed, including three military and four civilians. Another 37 people, mainly military, were injured. During the response, the security forces killed 13 attackers and the nine more detained.

The attacks were declared a terrorist attack. The Aktobe declared red - critical - the level of a terrorist threat, and all over Kazakhstan, yellow - moderate - level was established for 40 days.

On June 8, the country's president Nursultan Nazarbayev said that the signs of "color revolutions" showed in Kazakhstan. He did not specify who exactly prepares them, but assured that the authorities would take "the most stringent measures to suppress extremists and terrorists." Nazarbayev accused the radical adherents of "radical pseudo-religious currents" of the attacks, noting that they received the instructions from abroad.

On June 10, the security forces killed five attack participants in Aktobe. Four of them died when storming by special forces of the apartment where they were hiding; Another on the street was shot by the police after he opened fire on the patrol car.

On June 12, the anti -terrorist center of Kazakhstan announcedthe detention of all participants in the armed attacks in Aktobe.