Russian Police Transport Suspects of Moscow Terrorist Attack: Updates, Charges, and Investigation Details

2024-03-24 21:45:00

Russian police released a video showing how he transported the suspects of having carried out the terrorist attack in Moscow that left 137 deadthe deadliest in Europe claimed by the group calling itself ISIS-K, an even more extremist faction of the Islamic State.

The two men, identified as Saidakrami Rachabalizoda and Dalerdzhon Mirzoev, They were taken this Sunday to the Basmanni court in the Russian capitalwhere they were charged terrorism charges.

In the video, a Russian soldier is seen taking the suspects out of a white van, handcuffed and blindfoldedto whom little more drag with one hand towards the courthouse stairs.

The first to be brought before the judge were two men identified as Saidakrami Rachabalizoda y Dalerdzhon Mirzoev.

At the hearing, Mirzoev said that He is a citizen of Tajikistan and has three minor children. The defendant lived in the Moscow region with residence documents expired three months agoreported the TASS agency.

Russia showed how suspects entered the court

The number of injured rose this Sunday from 154 to 180 people. According to Russian media, some survivors of the attack it took more than a day to request medical help because they were in “state of shock'”.

In total, Russian security forces Eleven people linked to the attack were arrestedfour of whom personally participated in the massacre, according to authorities.

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putinstated that “all those responsible will be punished” and denounced that Ukraine “made the route easier” to the attackers. Additionally, he compared the shooters to Nazis and declared March 24 a day of mourning throughout the country.

In another video released by the Russian Security Service (FBS), the suspect identified as Fariduni Shamsiddin claims that he shot “at people, for money.”

In addition, he confessed that he charged “approximately half a million rubles” for the attack. “I haven’t received it yet, only half of it. They transferred it to a card. We didn’t have time to receive the money,” said the detainee according to the images released.

Ukraine and the United States point to ISIS as the only person responsible

The Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State published this Saturday very explicit images of the attack that seemed to show one of the attackers shooting people lying on the ground.

Shockingly, Putin did not mention the Islamic State in his speech, and kyiv accused him and other Russian politicians of falsely link to Ukraine with the attack to stoke fervor for Russia’s fight in Ukrainewhich was two years old.

The attack was the deadliest carried out by ISIS in Europe Photo XinhuaThe attack was the deadliest carried out by ISIS in Europe Photo Xinhua

U.S. intelligence officials said they had confirmed the Islamic State group’s claim.

ISIS is solely responsible for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement at all,” US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement, using an acronym by which the Islamic State is also known.

Russia did not prevent the attack despite US warnings

The United States shared information with Russia in early March about plans for a terrorist attack in Moscow and issued a public advisory to Americans in Russia, Watson said.

The attack It was a major embarrassment for the Russian leaderjust days after he consolidated his power with another six-year term in an election held after the harshest crackdown on dissent since the Soviet era.

Some Russian social media experts wondered how the authorities, who have relentlessly repressed any opposition activity and silenced the independent media, they failed to avoid the attack despite American warnings.

Russia suffered the terrorist attack just six days after Vladimir Putin won the elections.  Photo Mikhail Metzel / AFPRussia suffered the terrorist attack just six days after Vladimir Putin won the elections. Photo Mikhail Metzel / AFP

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that the United States condemned the attack and stated that The group is “a common terrorist enemy that must be defeated everywhere”.

The Islamic State, which fought Russia during its intervention in the Syrian civil war, has attacked Moscow for years. In a statement published on the group’s Aamaq news agency, ISIS’s Afghan affiliate said that had attacked a large gathering of “Christians” a Krasnogorsk.

The group issued a new statement on Saturday in Aamaq in which it said the attack had been carried out by four men who They used automatic rifles, a pistol, knives and Molotov cocktails..

The attackers fired into the crowd and used knives to kill some attendees, said the group, which framed the assault as part of the group’s war with countries it says fight against Islam.

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