MOSCOW, Russia - A man accused of a knife-wielding attack on a central Moscow synagogue pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an outspoken attack on the Russian judicial system.
“The Criminal Code has been written by Jews and the Jewish mafia, therefore, I plead not guilty,” Alexander Koptsev told the Moscow City Court.
On January 11, 2006, Koptsev, 20, allegedly stabbed nine people in the synagogue with a hunting knife that he had taken from his father.
Synagogue Attack Accused Pleads Innocence, Rails at Court
MOSCOW, Russia – A man accused of a knife-wielding attack on a central Moscow synagogue pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an outspoken attack on the Russian judicial system.
“The Criminal Code has been written by Jews and the Jewish mafia, therefore, I plead not guilty,” Alexander Koptsev told the Moscow City Court.
On January 11, 2006, Koptsev, 20, allegedly stabbed nine people in the synagogue with a hunting knife that he had taken from his father.
Prosecutor Kira Gudim said it had been Koptsev’s third attempt to attack a synagogue after two previous attacks in late December and early January had ended in failure.
The prosecutor said Koptsev had come to the conclusion that Jews were the enemies of Russians after reading anti-Semitic books and Web sites, and had decided to kill Jews.
According to Moscow Prosecutor Alexander Zuyev, Koptsev, who stands accused of the attempted murder of two or more people due to ethnic or religious motives, committing acts designed to denigrate a group of people due to their religion or ethnic background, and causing grievous bodily harm due to religious motives, now faces eight to 20 years in prison or even a life imprisonment if convicted.
Zuyev said forensic psychiatrists had found Koptsev “was sane while committing the crime.” He added that the defendant was not a member of any extremist group.
annonomous
Not part of any group??? The moron is A TERRORIST!! I hop he rots in prison for the rest of his life.
chayim
to all, i think he must be killed in the worst way possible , and I don’t understand why people think that jail for these people is a punishment ? All it does is gives them something to do all day, make a little money on the side, and have room and board at someone else’s expense, while plotting with others revenge against the Jewish community at large. This only gives him a life that chances are, is better then the one he would have otherwise, thereby "repaying" him for"all the good he did in this world", which never does any good so why waste goverment money on it .
Wants Action
Whats going on? All over the world jews are getting hit, moscow uzbekistan brooklyn, france why the hell dont we do something? Look at the muslim’s, when the cartoon of muhamad came out, all muslim united to protest and fight abut it. Why do we not, jews all over the world fight anti-semtisem and the right of being jews? Its abut time to fight in any sort of way to cut this b.s.