27 December 2006, 23:22
One of indictees of Moscow Metro explosions begs for leniency
Mr. Tambij Khubiev, one of defendants on Moscow Metro terror acts case, has applied to the Moscow City Court for leniency, Igor Trunov, victims' lawyer has reported. "Today, during the court pleadings, Tambij Khubiev's advocate has taken the floor and reminded the court that his client has completely pled guilty and actively cooperated with the investigation," Mr. Trunov told the RIA "Novosti."
Trunov has also reported that five suits have been lodged by the terror victims to the Moscow City Court to the sum of over 41 million roubles.
We remind you that the indictees in the Moscow Metro terror acts case were charged of terrorism, murders, banditism, illegal manufacture of explosives, and illegal possession and storage of arms, munitions and explosive assemblies. According to the investigation, M. Shavaev, T. Khubiev, M. Panaryin and a number of other persons are accessorial to committing the terror act in the "Rizhskaya" station and explosions in the metro car between the stations of "Avtozavodskaya" and "Paveletskaya" in Moscow, and in public transport stops in Voronezh.
