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Alaska man receives 6-month sentence for Iditarod snowmobile attack

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to charges connected with a snowmobile attack on two mushers competing in Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in March.

Arnold Demoski drove snowmobile at Jeff King and Aliy Zirkle, killing 1 dog and injuring others

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Aliy Zirkle drives her dog team to the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Tuesday, March 15, 2016, in Nome, Alaska. Zirkle finished third in the race, following an attack outside of the village of Nulato. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to charges connected with a snowmobile attack on two mushers competing in Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in March.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Arnold Demoski of Nulato was sentenced Monday to six months, most of which has already been served.

This photo provided by KTUU shows Arnold Demoski, who has been sentenced for colliding his snowmobile with Iditarod trail sled dog race teams Saturday, March 12, 2016, near Nulato, Alaska. (Kyle Hopkins/KTUU.com via AP)
The sentencing comes after Demoski pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief and misdemeanour charges of assault, reckless endangerment and driving under the influence.

Demoski had been accused of driving a snowmobile at four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King, as well as Aliy Zirkle, on March 12 near Nulato, about 450 kilometres northwest of Anchorage.

One of King's dogs, Nash, was killed, and other dogs were injured. 

Zirkle finished the nearly 1,600-kilometre race across Alaska in third place and King in ninth place.

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