ASTANA – The Specialised Inter-district Criminal Court of the Aktobe region has convicted 29 men in connection with Aktobe shootings that left eight civilians dead on June 5.
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Seven attackers have been sentenced to life in prison and two more received 25 and 22 years of imprisonment. All 29 accused were found guilty of committing serious offenses against the person, property, public safety and public order and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
Zhanabai Kuanyshbayev, Alibek Akpanbetov, Bakhyt Kuanyshbayev, Arsen Tanatarov, Askhat Rakhmetov, Anuar Sadikhov and Askhat Imangaliyev have been condemned to life in prison and the confiscation of all personal property. They will be sent to a special penal colony after serving first four and a half years in prison.
Aidos Zhubanov was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony, and is to spend the first four years in prison with property confiscation. He has been convicted of murder, attempted murder, an act of terrorism, robbery, involvement in the activities of a terrorist group and theft of weapons and explosives. According to the court, Zhubanov was trying to steal a car belonging to the Zhedel Kuzet security company after the attack on the Pallada weapons shop. After a failed carjacking attempt, he escaped in an unknown direction and did not take part in the subsequent attacks.
Azamat Abdrakhmanov received 20 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony with confiscation of property. He will spend the first three years in prison.
“Abdrakhmanov and other members of the terrorist group were involved in the attack on the Pallada weapons shop,” Aktobe Regional Court Spokesperson Iliada Dossova said.
“He left stolen weapons and fled the store in an unknown direction. He did not attack the Pantera weapons shop, military unit of the National Guard and the Rodnikovka-Akzhar checkpoint,” she added.
The court also sentenced Kalybek Mergaliyev, Yerlan Urazov, Meirbek Mukhanov, Serik Arystanov, Rustam Gatsayev, Ablai Kabiyev and Aibek Nurmukhanov to five years in prison for failure to report a crime.
Ansat Nurzhan, Zhanserik Tanatarov, Askhat Aitugan, Alizhan Pirmagambetov, Akimzhan Kussimov, Almas Talinbayev and Zhanbolat Koilybayev received four years in a standard regime penal colony for the same offence.
The court imposed a prison sentence of three years on Kozhamurat Sagyntayev, Akylbek Kulmukhambetov and Sagingali Seitkaliyev. Arman Imanbayev is to be jailed for two years for failure to report a crime.
For concealing a crime, Mirlan Yerdauov and Ussen Utepov have been sentenced to four years in prison and four years of personal restraint respectively.
In addition, the court obliged nine members of the terrorist group to compensate material and moral damage to victims.
Eight people, including three military officers, were killed in the June 5 terrorist attack in Aktobe. A group of 25 shooters attacked two weapons shops and a military unit in Aktobe. Eighteen criminals were killed during the anti-terrorist operation.
The police detained nine people for direct involvement in the terrorist attack, another 18 people for failure to report the planned crime and two more for concealment.
