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Four homemade bombs were detonated almost simultaneously within Stefan Gurkovsky Square and in the neighboring metro station. Two additional bombs were set to detonate; the first one malfunctioned and injured the bomber, Vanya Tereschenko, while the second failed to detonate his vest and fled the city. The explosions were found to have been caused by {{Wp|triacetone triperoxide}} {{Wp|IEDs}} packed into suicide vests. |
Four homemade bombs were detonated almost simultaneously within Stefan Gurkovsky Square and in the neighboring metro station. Two additional bombs were set to detonate; the first one malfunctioned and injured the bomber, Vanya Tereschenko, while the second failed to detonate his vest and fled the city. The explosions were found to have been caused by {{Wp|triacetone triperoxide}} {{Wp|IEDs}} packed into suicide vests. |
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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 |
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, Maksim Vakhmistrov and Anatoly Slavyanov, received the [[Capital punishment in Volkia|death penalty]]. They were executed on November 19, 2021. Tereshchenko was sentenced to 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 seven days of {{Wp|national mourning}}. |
Following the attacks the Volkian government designated Yarkiye as a terrorist organization and declared seven days of {{Wp|national mourning}}. |
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