An anti-Semitic mob at Makhachkala Uytash Airport in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, October 29, 2023. Photo: Screenshot
JNS.org – A Russian court on Friday sentenced five men to prison terms for anti-Semitic mass riots last October at an airport in Russia’s predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan.
In the first convictions related to the incident, the men were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six to nine years.
At least 80 people were arrested and more than 150 suspects identified last year after pro-Hamas rioters stormed Makhachkala-Uytash airport to lynch Jewish travelers.
A plane from Tel Aviv landed in the North Caucasus city while Israel is waging war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The trigger was the invasion of the Palestinian terror group in October, in which around 1,200 people were massacred.
More than 20 people were injured in the riots, including nine police officers, two of whom were hospitalized.
Islamist “pro-Palestinian” mob at the airport in Dagestan:
“Why are you here?”
“I came because of the Jews”
“The Jews?”
“Yes, to kill them”
— Emily Schrader – (@emilykschrader) October 30, 2023
Video footage showed rioters with PLO flags shouting: Allahu Akbar (“God is great”) while searching the terminals for Israeli passengers.
Police reportedly allowed the rioters to board the plane at one point to search for Jews, but prevented them from doing so after they insulted the authorities.
The mob gathered at the airport after a message on Telegram called on Dagestanis to confront the “uninvited guests.” The channel, which was later banned by Telegram, called the plane’s Jewish passengers “unclean,” according to Reuters.
An anti-Israel mob stormed the Russian region of Dagestan’s main airport and landing field on Sunday in search of passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv. Officials from the republic’s Interior Ministry said 60 people were detained for questioning and reported 20… pic.twitter.com/oMtJGRPgj1
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) October 30, 2023
In June, more than a dozen police officers and several civilians were killed by terrorists who opened fire on a synagogue and a church in the coastal city of Derbent in Dagestan.
The state RIA Novosti The outlet reported that both buildings caught fire, adding that the synagogue, one of the last in Dagestan, burned down.
