It is expected that the judgment of the alleged perpetrators and accomplices of the attack of the City Council of Crocus in Russia, which left 149 dead and was claimed by the Islamic State (IS), will begin this Mosune 4 in Moscow on Monday, August 4, according to the authorities.
On March 22, 2024, armed men opened fire in this concert hall located on the outskirts of Moscow before setting fire, killing 149 people and wounding 609, one of the worst attacks in the recent history of Russia.
A total of 19 people must be tried by a military court in Moscow, including the four alleged attackers, of Tadjikistan, a former Soviet Republic of Central Asia.
Shock wave in Russia
The first three hearings are expected to take place on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, the court said in place. The attack had been claimed by the Jihadist organization of the Islamic State (IS), recognized as a “terrorist organization” and forbidden in Russia. The country has already been addressed several times in the past.
He had caused a shock wave in Russia, in the midst of the armed conflict with Ukraine, and the Russian authorities assured at the beginning to see kyiv’s hand.
However, Russian services have never brought evidence to support their accusations, while kyiv has always categorically rejected any participation. At the end of March, the Russian Research Committee said “completed the investigation” with respect to the 19 people involved.
The researchers had concluded that “the terrorist law had been planned and organized by the secret services of an inamical state”, without specifying what state it was.
Part of the victims killed by smoke
At the beginning of March, the American justice system announced the arrest of Mohammad Sharifullah, an officer is suspected of having prepared the attack on Kabul airport in 2021, who left 183 dead, but also participating in the attack of Crocus.
I would have “recognized,” according to US authorities, having given managers to the authors of the Crocus attack.
Almost half of the victims of the attack were killed by the fumes and the monoxide released by the fire declared in the room, and not by the shots, said the state agency of Tass this Sunday, citing research documents.
The attack had also caused a wave of xenophobia against the nationals of Central Asia in Russia, which has hardened since its legislation on migrants.
Source: BFM TV
