A court sentenced a 16-year-old teenager to eight years in a…
A court sentenced a 16-year-old teenager to eight years in a corrective labor colony over the case of setting fire to a Mi-8 helicopter at the Novyokhinsk airport, the Russian Investigative Committee reported.
Consensus
- The 16-year-old from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YNAO) was sentenced to eight years in a corrective (rehabilitative) colony for setting fire to a Mi-8 aircraft.
- The crime occurred in September 2024 at the Novyorsk airport.
- The perpetrator and his 13-year-old accomplice used gasoline-filled bottles to set fire to the helicopter.
- The helicopter was a civilian aircraft belonging to the company Yutair.
- The damage caused by the arson exceeded 59 million rubles.
- The 13-year-old accomplice was not criminally liable due to age and was sent to a closed-type educational institution.
- Both suspects sustained burns during the incident and attempted to flee.
- The suspects were apprehended by FSB and MVD officers from the Ural Federal District.
- The suspects were also accused of setting fire to a mobile phone mast in the industrial zone of Novyorsk.
- Three other individuals had previously been convicted in connection with the case: the airport director, an airport security officer, and a local resident who failed to report the planned attack.
- The court found that the suspects acted under instructions from Ukrainian intelligence services, who promised them 4 million rubles.
Points of divergence
- The father of one of the minors serves in the 'zone of special military operation' (SVO). — tg_sotavisionmedia
- The fire caused an explosion that burned both minors' faces; they were detained after calling for emergency medical help. — mediazona
- The 16-year-old had previously committed arson on a mobile phone mast in Daimische, Leningrad Oblast, in November 2025, and was preparing to set fire to an electrical substation. — vedomosti
- The two minors were previously convicted for setting fire to a helicopter at the Omsk-South military airport, and were ordered to compensate the Russian Ministry of Defense 668 million rubles in solidarity. — m24
Coverage (5 sources)
- Schoolboy from Yamalo-Nenets sentenced to 8 years for burning down a helicopter at age 14 — SOTAvision
- Schoolboy from Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug sentenced to eight years in a correctional colony for setting fire to a helicopter at Novy Port airport; second teenager sent to special school — Медиазона
- Court sentenced a teenager to eight years for the arson of an Mi-8 in Noyabrsk — Ведомости
- Teenager sentenced for setting down Mi-8 helicopter on fire in Noyabrsk — Вести
- Teenager from Yamal sentenced to 8 years in a colony for setting fire to a helicopter — Москва 24
Key entities
- Novosyortske
- Russia
- Investigative Committee
- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
- Yamale
- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
- Moscow
- Yekaterinburg
- RT
- FollowCom
- Central District Military Court
- Schoolboy
- Mi-8 Helicopter
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