Suspected Domodedovo terrorists charged with terrorism

NAZRAN. March 3. KAZINFORM Three suspected terrorists in a dreadful suicide bomb attack at the Domodedovo airport were charged with terrorism, their lawyers told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.

"Fatima and Ahmed Yevloyevs, who are the sister and the brother of a suicide bomber Magomed Yevloyev and their country fellow Umar Aushev were charged with terrorism, banditry, the illegal acquisition, storage, transfer and sale of explosives and explosive devices and the illegal making of weapons," the lawyers said.

Umar Aushev's lawyer does not agree with the charges. Aushev's lawyer Umar Khayauri told Itar-Tass that this ruling is groundless, noting that "under the Russian Criminal Procedure Code enough evidence is needed to substantiate the charges issued against the defendant." He noted that "there is no and cannot be such evidence in the criminal case, as he is not involved in these crimes." "The investigating conclusions are presumable and are not based on real facts. I hope that the Russian Prosecutor General's Office takes our plea and requests on this case more objectively," the lawyer added.

Yevloyevs' lawyers do not also agree with the charges.

A suicide bomber committed a terrorist act at the international flight arrival hall at the Domodedovo airport on January 24. The terrorist attack killed 36 people and injured about 200 people. The experts found out that a resident from the Ingush village Ali-Yurt Magomed Yevloyev set off the bomb. Four people were arrested on terrorism charges; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.