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Imprisoned: Moscow Airport Police Captain

Convicted In Double Airliner Bombing

A police captain at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his part in a double suicide bombing that brought down two aircraft last August.

As ANN reported August 25th, the two aircraft -- a Volga Avia Express Tu-134 and a Sibir Airlines Tu-154 -- were both knocked out of the sky within minutes of each other by bombs carried onto the flights by female suicide bombers.

Both aircraft exploded in mid-air in an attack that was later claimed by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, according to Russia's Interfax news agency.

A Sibir Air employee and a ticket scalper were both sentenced to 18-months behind bars for ensuring one of the female bombers was able to purchase a tickeet and get on board the flight without trouble.

Prosecutors originally asked that Moscow Police Captain Mikhail Artamonov be sentenced to six years in prison for allowing the two bombers to get through security without a standard security check. Artamonov repeatedly said he was innocent -- that he was a scapegoat for lax security and those who were really involved.

But the judge in the case handed down the maximum sentence allowed by Russian law for negligence.

FMI: www.countrystudies.us/russia/71.htm

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