Russian student gets 19 years for plotting mosque attack. His father says officers tortured him for refusing to surrender his iPhone passcode.
The Second Western District Military Court has sentenced Dmitry Bokov, a 19-year-old student at the Russian State University for the Humanities, to 19 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack on a mosque. Ostorozhno, Novosti and Msk1 reported the sentence, citing his relatives.
A Russian student, Dmitry Bokov, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack on a mosque. His family claims that police tortured him for refusing to reveal the passcode to his iPhone. Bokov was convicted of attending training sessions related to terrorist activities, preparing to join a banned far-right group, and illegally possessing ammunition.
Police treated his attendance at a self-defense class and driving lessons as terrorist training. His father claims the charges stemmed from a phone that didn't belong to his son, which was seized during a search. Bokov's relatives allege that the officers threatened him with torture if he didn't cooperate, which he refused to do. Consequently, he spent his time before the trial in pretrial detention.
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