Europe 1 with AFP 10:57 a.m., March 26, 2024

A Moscow court has remanded an eighth suspect in custody in the investigation into the attack in the suburbs of the Russian capital which left at least 137 dead. He is a national of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country neighboring Tajikistan, where the four alleged attackers are from, according to Russian state media.

An eighth suspect in the investigation into the attack in the suburbs of Moscow was placed in pre-trial detention on Tuesday by a court in the Russian capital, its press service announced on Telegram, the alleged attackers having been arrested on Saturday .

"A Moscow court has placed under arrest another participant in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall", a concert hall where at least 139 people died on Friday, the judicial authorities announced without detailing what the accused is accused of. this individual. According to them, he is a national of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country neighboring Tajikistan, where the four alleged attackers came from, according to Russian state media.

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