Moscow attack: four alleged attackers charged and placed in pre-trial detention

2024-03-25T01:29:37.250Z

Highlights: Moscow attack: four alleged attackers charged and placed in pre-trial detention. The four men are accused of “terrorism” and face life imprisonment. Two of the accused pleaded guilty. One of them, a native of Tajikistan, “fully admitted his guilt” Authorities had previously said the suspects were "foreign citizens", without mentioning their nationality. The Investigative Committee, a powerful investigative body, did not mention the claim made on Friday by the jihadist group Islamic State. Vladimir Putin and his special services (FSB) had mentioned this possibility, because, according to them, the alleged killers were trying to reach Ukrainian territory.

After the deadly attack on the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Moscow on Friday evening, eleven people were arrested, including the four suspected attackers. The latter were indicted on Sunday…

Less than 48 hours after the attack in a concert hall in the suburbs of Moscow, which left at least 137 dead, the attackers were charged. The four alleged perpetrators were placed in pre-trial detention on Sunday March 24 after their appearance before a court in the Russian capital.

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The four men are accused of “terrorism” and face life imprisonment, the Basmanny court in Moscow said in a statement. Their pre-trial detention, set until May 22, may be extended pending their trial, the date of which has not yet been set.

In total, Russian authorities reported the arrest of eleven people, including four attackers, in connection with this attack.

The court played footage showing three suspects being brought into the courtroom handcuffed and doubled over by police officers, then seated in the glass cage reserved for the accused. The fourth arrived in a wheelchair, his eyes closed.

One of the suspects had a white bandage on his ear, as in previous videos of the arrest of the alleged attackers released on Saturday by investigators, where three of them appeared with blood on their faces.

According to the court, two of the accused pleaded guilty. One of them, a native of Tajikistan, “fully admitted his guilt”.

The suspects, “foreign citizens”

Authorities had previously said the suspects were "foreign citizens", without mentioning their nationality. Tajikistan is a former Soviet republic in Central Asia with a Muslim majority.

The Investigative Committee, a powerful investigative body, did not mention the claim made on Friday by the jihadist group Islamic State. He also said nothing on Sunday about Ukraine, although Vladimir Putin and his special services (FSB) had mentioned this possibility, because, according to them, the alleged killers were trying to reach Ukrainian territory.

Moscow attack: four alleged attackers charged and placed in pre-trial detention

The suspects, “foreign citizens”

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