Applications about the torture of the defendants in the case of the attack will be checked

The military prosecutor's office began checking applications for the application by the FSB of violence with respect to the defendants in the case of the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro Abrra and Azram Azimovs, found guilty. This was reported by lawyer Abror Azimov Munavar Kanitsrov.

According to Canticerova, the investigation initially refused to initiate the case after statements about the torture of the Azimovs by the FSB officers in the investigation of the terrorist attack. In response to this, lawyers of the defense filed a complaint with the military prosecutor's office. According to lawyers, the statement was accepted: the prosecutor’s office checks, among other things, the legitimacy of refusal to initiate proceedings.

Azimovs are key persons involved in the case of a terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro. Abrra Azimov, who was called the organizer of the attack in the subway, was sentenced to life imprisonment (according to investigators, he transferred money to the suicide bomber and called up with him to instruct before the explosion). Akram Azimov received for 28 years in a colony of strict regime (according to investigators, he, together with his brother, was in the AP AP AP in Russia, the Katiba Tauhid Val-Dzhikhad terrorist organization). Here you can read what is known about the suicide bomber and the defendants.

Back in 2017, the Azimov stated that they were tortured in the “secret prison” of the FSB. According to Abror Azimov, he was taken to the basement, where he was beaten and tortured for more than a month, asking for a suicide bomber. Akram Azimov claimed that he was also in the basement, where the security forces allegedly forced him to admit that his brother was recruited by terrorists. The defendant Muhamadyusup Ermatov also stated about torture.

On April 3, 2017, an explosion occurred in the stage between the Sennaya Square and Technological Institute stations. As a result, 16 people were killed , including a suicide bomber, more than 100 were injured .