Turks get suspended sentences for embassy attack in Finland
Güncelleme Tarihi:
A Finnish court sentenced five Turks to suspended sentences Thursday for trying to set fire to Turkey’s embassy in Helsinki last October and ordered them to pay compensation to Ankara and the insurance company.
The men, who are Turkish citizens, used a flammable liquid to set ablaze the door of the embassy building in the early hours of October 21.
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The fire was detected by a police patrol and extinguished, but one embassy worker was hospitalized with injuries.  Â
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The five had confessed during the trial in November, police told AFP at the time.
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Sezgin Cirik, 19, Osman Yagmur, 20, Irfan Kart, 21 and Delil Acar, 23, on Thursday received suspended sentences of 14 months and were ordered to serve 60 hours of community service, the
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The fifth person, 16-year-old Hogir Aslan, received an 11-month suspended sentence.
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In addition, the court ordered the five to pay compensation of around 10,460 euros (14,160 dollars) plus interest to the state of Turkey and nearly 17,000 euros to insurance company If.
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