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| Russian Investigative Committee demands the arrest of four defendants in the Crocus terrorist attack case be extended |
| 2024-08-20 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Investigative Committee of Russia has demanded that the arrest of four more defendants in the case of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall be extended. This was reported on August 19 by the press service of the Basmanny Court of Moscow. “The court received a petition from the investigation to extend the preventive measure in the form of detention for four people accused of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall, ” RT quoted a court representative as saying. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 19 it became known that the Moscow Basmanny District Court extended the arrest of four alleged perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Crocus until November 22. Investigators also charged three of the alleged perpetrators of the terrorist attack with participating in terrorist activity. Armed terrorists attacked a concert hall in the Moscow region on March 22. They opened fire on concertgoers and then set the hall on fire. As a result of the terrorist attack, 144 people were killed, including six children, and over 500 people were injured. The alleged perpetrators of the March 23 terrorist attack were detained in the Bryansk region; they were traveling toward the Russian border with Ukraine. Later, it was possible to prove the terrorists' connection with Ukrainian nationalists. A total of 18 people were arrested in connection with the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack. Related: Crocus City Hall: 2024-08-18 Lawyer of Faizov, accused of terrorist attack in Crocus, asks to release him from pretrial detention Crocus City Hall: 2024-08-17 New charges added to defendants in Crocus terrorist attack case Crocus City Hall: 2024-08-07 Three young men suspected of preparing terrorist attack in Dagestan |
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