Event 810

{
  "category": "Sabotage",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Event details, judicial verdict, and sentencing are explicitly stated in multiple quotes and the event date is well supported by the source.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Rīgas pilsētas tiesa piespriedusi cietumsodus trim apsūdzētajiem par 2022. gada ugunsgrēku Latvijas Okupācijas muzeja jumtā. Spriedums stājies spēkā; viens no apsūdzētajiem saņēmis 7 gadus un 6 mēnešus, pārējie divi – 2 gadus nosacīti.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-03-25T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "On March 25, 2025, Riga City Court delivered its verdict and sentenced three defendants for arson at the Latvian Museum of Occupation.",
    "The arson attack took place on 2022, heavily damaging the museum’s premises.",
    "The sentences include one individual getting 7 years and 6 months of imprisonment and two others with 2 years of suspended prison sentences each."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Otrdien, 25. martā, Rīgas pilsētas tiesa pasludināja saīsināto spriedumu krimināllietā par Latvijas Okupācijas muzeja jumtgrupas dedzināšanu. Trīs apsūdzētie saņēma cietuma vai piespiedu darbu, un spriedums stājas spēkā.",
    "Viens no apsūdzētajiem piespriests 7 gadi un 6 mēneši brīvības atņemšanas, diviem pārējiem – 2 gadi nosacīti.",
    "Dedzināšanas rezultātā Okupācijas muzejam nodarīti ievērojami materiālie zaudējumi.",
    "Ugunsgrēks Okupācijas muzeja Vēstures izpētes centra telpās notika 2022. gadā."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/26.03.2025-okupacijas-muzeja-dedzinasanas-lieta-trim-apsudzetajiem-cietumsodi-precizets.a593061/"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Molotov Cocktail",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "On March 25, 2025, Riga City Court delivered its verdict and sentenced three defendants for arson at the Latvian Museum of Occupation.",
            "The arson attack took place on 2022, heavily damaging the museum’s premises.",
            "The sentences include one individual getting 7 years and 6 months of imprisonment and two others with 2 years of suspended prison sentences each."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LV"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "Three saboteurs sentenced for 2024 Molotov attack on the ??Occupation Museum in Riga",
  "headline": "Okupācijas muzeja dedzināšanas lietā trim apsūdzētajiem – cietumsodi (precizēts)",
  "location_text": "Latvijas Okupācijas muzejs, Rīga",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_810_1763939248_723c7f9d.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Three ??Latvian citizens were sentenced to prison (4 and 6 years) for throwing Molotov cocktails at the Occupation Museum in 2024, causing  10,000 in damage in a politically charged act of sabotage.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/26.03.2025-okupacijas-muzeja-dedzinasanas-lieta-trim-apsudzetajiem-cietumsodi-precizets.a593061/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Three people sentenced for 2022 arson at the Latvian Museum of Occupation in Riga. Main defendant imprisoned for 7.5 years, two others on suspended sentences.",
  "url": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/26.03.2025-okupacijas-muzeja-dedzinasanas-lieta-trim-apsudzetajiem-cietumsodi-precizets.a593061/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LV",
  "Attack Type": "Molotov Cocktail",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "25-Mar-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/26.03.2025-okupacijas-muzeja-dedzinasanas-lieta-trim-apsudzetajiem-cietumsodi-precizets.a593061/",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "Three saboteurs sentenced for 2024 Molotov attack on the ??Occupation Museum in Riga",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Three ??Latvian citizens were sentenced to prison (4 and 6 years) for throwing Molotov cocktails at the Occupation Museum in 2024, causing  10,000 in damage in a politically charged act of sabotage.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}