“At the request of the investigator by the court, Albert Elakayev and Alimkhan Musaev have chosen a preventive measure to the extent that they are taken into custody,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement.

They stressed that investigators, with the support of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, continue to identify the participants in the attack, who are hiding from law enforcement agencies.

Earlier it became known about the detention of members of the gang Basayev and Khattab.

They are suspected of crimes under Part 2 of Art.

209 of the Criminal Code of Russia, art.

279 of the Criminal Code of Russia, art.

317 of the Criminal Code of Russia (banditry, armed rebellion, encroachment on the lives of military personnel and law enforcement officers).