At last week’s hearing regarding E. Salmanov’s preventive measure, prosecutor Šarūnas Astrauskas requested to extend the detention for another three months. According to the prosecutor, if a milder preventive measure is applied to this defendant, he might flee or hide from the court.
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E. Salmanov’s lawyer requested not to extend the detention and to apply a milder preventive measure. During the hearing, he asked his client what the maximum amount he could provide as bail was. The defendant said the maximum amount is 40 thousand euros.
On Friday, judge Mindaugas Ražanskas granted the prosecutor’s request and extended the detention for the maximum term of three months.
As BNS reported, charges related to incendiary devices sent abroad via DHL and DPD parcel services were brought against Lithuanian citizen Aleksandras Šuranovas, Ukrainian citizens Vadym Borsuk and Vasilij Kovač, dual Russian and Lithuanian citizen Daniil Jencius, and Russian citizen E. Salmanov.
They are accused of a terrorist act and participation in an organized terrorist group whose goal is to commit terrorist crimes. Their ages range from 23 to 69 years.
In July 2024, four parcels were sent from Lithuania to the United Kingdom (UK) and Poland.
Two parcels were transported by air to a sorting center in Germany, where they were distributed for further transport. One of them caught fire at Leipzig airport just before being loaded onto the plane, the second caught fire in a warehouse in the UK.
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A parcel delivered to Poland caught fire in the truck transporting it, the fourth parcel, transported by DPD freight land transport, did not catch fire due to a device malfunction and was seized by officers. Upon examination, a triggering mechanism was found and the danger was assessed.
According to the indictment, the fire in the UK caused nearly 400 thousand euros in damage, in Germany – 126 thousand euros, in Poland – nearly 62 thousand euros.
According to officials, the mentioned defendants are executors, intermediaries, while the crime organizers are in Russia and currently unreachable. It was established that the crimes were organized by the Russian Armed Forces’ Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).
According to the indictment, the parcels with incendiary devices were sent from Lithuania by Lithuanian citizen A. Šuranovas, who used false identity data.
The criminal case is separated from another investigation, in which at least 16 citizens of various countries have been identified, who organized, planned, and contributed to committing terrorist crimes in different countries.
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