No one was injured and the damage to property was hardly significant. Nevertheless, a 17-year-old student in Russia is supposed to spend six years in a prison camp because he threw Molotov cocktails at military buildings.
A 17-year-old student in Russia has been sentenced to six years in a prison camp for attempted arson attacks on military facilities.
Because the high school student threw Molotov cocktails at the buildings of two district military replacement offices a few months ago in protest against Russia’s war in Ukraine, the court in the Baltic Sea metropolis of St. Petersburg found him guilty of “attempted terrorism” on Wednesday.
Hardly any property damage, no fire – six years in prison
, the young person became an opponent of the war after his uncle died in the war. “At the beginning (of the war; editor’s note) I didn’t care, but that’s the same as supporting him,” he explained in court. Because he is still a minor, he will first be transferred to a correctional camp. At 19 he will then be transferred to a penal colony. He has already been in custody for nine months.
The harsh approach taken by the judiciary had previously caused a stir because the then 16-year-old teenager had caused little damage with his actions in February of this year: In neither case did a fire break out in the military facilities. The “Meduza” portal also reported, citing the student’s mother, that he suffered from chronic liver disease. His imprisonment would be “akin to a death sentence.” A petition to release the 17-year-old for health reasons has collected more than 3,000 signatures since October.
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Source: Stern
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