The Investigative Committee of Russia stated that after the shooting at Crocus City Hall on March 22, the terrorists allegedly fled towards the Russian-Ukrainian border to receive a reward in Kyiv for their crime.
Source: Investigative Committee of Russia in Telegram
Details: Investigators said that the accused allegedly said during interrogations that they were led by a man under a pseudonym. On Telegram, he sent them voice messages and coordinated the stages of preparing a terrorist attack in a concert hall in the Moscow region.
Literally SK: “On the instructions of the coordinator, after committing the crime, the terrorists drove in a car towards the Russian-Ukrainian border to subsequently cross it and arrive in Kyiv to receive the reward they were promised.
The investigation continues to carry out a set of investigative actions and operational measures to verify the involvement of representatives of the Ukrainian special services in organizing and financing the terrorist attack.”
Background:
- On March 26, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, after Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin accused “those who are fighting Russia with the hands of the Kiev regime” of shooting at Crocus City Hall, said that Ukraine, not ISIS, was behind the terrorist attack on March 22 .
- According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia knew in advance about the preparation of a terrorist operation in the Moscow region, but allowed it either because of the “struggle of towers of influence” or because the scale of what could happen was inestimable.
- The self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the attackers at the Russian Crocus City Hall, while fleeing, intended to get to Belarus, but due to security measures they “turned away” and went to the Ukrainian-Russian border.
- As of Wednesday, March 28, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations published a list of victims, which included 143 names. Russian security forces said they detained several citizens of Tajikistan who are accused of committing a terrorist attack.
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The Russian Investigative Committee said on March 29 that it had received “evidence” of connections between the attackers at the Crocus City Hall concert hall and “Ukrainian nationalists.”
2024-03-29 16:42:57
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