MOSCOW (AP) – Trial launched Monday under the strict security of 19 defendants accused of being involved in last year’s shooting rampage Moscow Concert Hall It killed 149 people and injured more than 600 in one of the capital’s deadliest attacks.
The faction of the Islamic State Group claimed responsibility on March 22, 2024, when four gunmen shot dead people waiting for the popular rock band show in a massacre at a concert venue at Crocus City Hall, and placed the building on fire.
president Vladimir Putin And other Russian officials have argued that Ukraine plays a role in the attack without presenting evidence. Kiev strongly denies involvement.
The Investigation Committee, Russia’s top criminal investigation body, said in June that the attacks were “planned and implemented in the interests of Ukraine’s current leaders in order to destabilise the political situation in our country.” He also said four suspects had subsequently tried to flee to Ukraine.
Four people identified as Tajikistani citizens were arrested and later arrested several hours after the attack Appeared in a Moscow court With signs of being beaten badly.
The committee said earlier this year that six other suspects were charged in the absence, recruiting and organising four trainees, and is on the Russian wanted list, allegedly organising. Other defendants who are on trial have been accused of helping them.
