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A Kazakh man who attacked a Russian biker with a knife at a gas station in the Zhambyl Region (southern Kazakhstan) in April has been sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison, KazInform reports.
The court also ordered the defendant to pay 500,000 tenge (about $925) in moral damages and over 1.3 million tenge (about $2,400) in material compensation. He was convicted of illegal possession of a bladed weapon and attempted murder committed out of hooligan motives.
According to the investigation, the defendant encountered the victim while exiting the gas station in the Merken District. Using a minor incident as a pretext, he approached the victim from behind and stabbed him twice with intent to kill — once in the back and once in the right side of the chest. The wounds were non-penetrating.
Eyewitnesses managed to subdue the attacker, while the victim fled the scene, preventing the assailant from carrying out his intent to kill.
As Zakon.kz reported, during the trial the defendant expressed remorse but did not admit guilt. The prosecution had requested a 15-year sentence, but the judge imposed a lighter punishment, taking into account that the man has underage children.
The sentence has not yet entered into legal force.
The incident became known on April 14. According to ORDA.kz, the victim is a Russian citizen who had stopped to refuel his motorcycle while returning from a season-opening biker rally in Shymkent. Doctors diagnosed him with stab wounds to the chest and lower back. The suspect was detained shortly afterward, and the investigation was placed under the personal supervision of Kazakhstan’s Minister of Internal Affairs.
