Akhnikh was sentenced to 38 months. Jason Walters, who had thrown a shrapnel grenade in the direction of the arrest team in accordance with a predetermined plan, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on five counts of attempted murder. Upon the ruling, the court determined that the Hofstad group was a terror criminal organization who had the intent of committing crimes out of violence and hatred. Court rulings After their acquittal on 10 March 2006, the five former suspects requested compensation as referred to in Article 89 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. On 7 November 2006, the District Court of Rotterdam (Raadkamer) decided on their requests. VARA On 18 May 2006, a group of four young men delivered flowers to the Dutch public broadcaster VARA. The flowers included a note, "greetings, the Hofstadgroup," which was a 'thank you' for the VARA Zembla documentary broadcast the week prior, on the topic of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's asylum background. Jermaine Walters was said to be one of the men. See also Piranha court case Trial of an Islamist terror group — 'Piranha group' — which was a direct successor to the 2002-2004 Hofstadgroup Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group List of designated terrorist groups References External links Netwerk: Handgrenade allegedly supplied by Dutch Security Service AIVD Nova: AIVD withheld information from Swat Team KRO Reporter: Who threw the handgrenade ? KRO Reporter: Moles and Martyrs Islamist groups Organisations designated as terrorist by the European Union Jihadist groups Islamic terrorism in the Netherlands