Four Tajiks committed the attack on Friday evening March 22 during a show at Crocus City Hall, in the suburbs of Moscow. The Amaq news agency, linked to the Islamic State, published images of the massacre in which the terrorists can be heard shouting “ Allahu Akbar ” This new attack draws attention to Central Asia, a region affected by radical Islam and terrorism.
Other nationals of the former Soviet republics of Central Asia have carried out terrorist acts in Russia in recent years.