Moscow - Synagogue Attacker Gets 13 Years

Moscow - The Moscow City Court has found guilty and sentenced 21-year-old Alexander Koptsev, who stood accused of a brutal attack on worshippers at a Moscow synagogue, to 13 years imprisonment in a high security prison.

The court dropped the charges of provoking interethnic hatred, but left the charge of attempted murder of two or more persons for reasons of ethnic enmity.

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But Russian Jewish groups are very upset, and they have sharply criticized the verdict.