“Sentence Abror Azimov to life imprisonment,” announced judge Andrey Morozov.

Earlier it was reported that four of 11 defendants in the case of the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017 were asked to be sentenced to life imprisonment.

On April 3, 2017, an explosion occurred in the St. Petersburg metro. As a result, 16 people were killed (including a suicide bomber), more than 50 were injured.