“The Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Southern California reported that two men accused of attacking the Turkish restaurant” Cafe Istanbul “in Beverly Hills in 2020, were sentenced to prison sentences.
In the report of the department, it is noted that the 23-year-old William Stepanyan was sentenced to 5 years in prison, and 24-year-old Harry Chailkyan will spend the following 15 months in prison.
During the investigation, they recognized themselves guilty of committing hate crime in November 2020 during the second Karabakh war.
In a text message, Stepanyan has promised to “hunt the Turk”. Arriving in the restaurant Stepanyan and Chailolian, threw wooden chairs in visitors, broke the glass dishes and overturned the tables.
According to prosecutors, one of the criminals during the attack shouted “We came to kill you! We will kill you!”
Note that three people were injured as a result of the attack. Stepanyan also hacked the cashier and stole the iPhone. In general, the pair caused a restaurant for the damage in the amount of $ 20,000.