2006 Volkgoroda bombings: Difference between revisions
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The official police investigation found that the attacks were orchestrated by members of the religious doomsday cult [[Yarkiye]] and masterminded by its founder, [[Lukyan Yolkin]]. Yolkin, the failed bombers, and several other members of Yarkiye were convicted for their roles in the attacks. Yolkin and two other high ranking Yarkiye members received the [[Capital punishment in Volkia|death penalty]], Tereshchenko received life imprisonment with no parole, and Kostya Kuzmin was sentenced to life imprisonment with parole after 25 years. |
The official police investigation found that the attacks were orchestrated by members of the religious doomsday cult [[Yarkiye]] and masterminded by its founder, [[Lukyan Yolkin]]. Yolkin, the failed bombers, and several other members of Yarkiye were convicted for their roles in the attacks. Yolkin and two other high ranking Yarkiye members received the [[Capital punishment in Volkia|death penalty]], Tereshchenko received life imprisonment with no parole, and Kostya Kuzmin was sentenced to life imprisonment with parole after 25 years. |
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Following the attacks the Volkian government designated Yarkiye as a terrorist organization and declared |
Following the attacks the Volkian government designated Yarkiye as a terrorist organization and declared seven days of {{Wp|national mourning}}. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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