Four men who are charged with terrorism appeared in court in Moscow on Sunday, plainly bruised, and were suspected of planning the Russian music hall assault that claimed the lives of over 130 people. One seemed hardly to be cognizant at all during the hearing.
Two of the suspects confessed that they were involved in the attack after being charged during the preliminary hearing, according to a court statement. However, it was unclear whether they were speaking freely due to their conditions. Russian media sources have previously published contradictory allegations claiming that three or all four individuals had acknowledged their guilt.
Moscow Court Charges Tajik Citizens Over Deadly Attack
Moscow's Basmanny District Court has charged Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, Shamsidin Fariduni, and Mukhammadsobir Faizov with committing a group terrorist attack resulting in the death of others.
The offense carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The men, all of whom are citizens of Tajikistan, were ordered to be held in pre-trial custody until May 22.
Russia's worst attack in years happened on Friday night in Krasnogorsk, west of Moscow. About eight o'clock at night, four suspected terrorists were driven to the performance hall in an unmarked white van.
In video records posted on social media during their imprisonment, one of the suspects kneels and admits to the crime. The four suspects' identities and images were made public by Russian media.
The killers shot the victims in the lobby before making their way into the concert hall. Alleged ISIS-K terrorists opened fire on the structure after shooting at concertgoers, causing the roof to collapse.
The men may have been ISIS-K members, since the Islamic State claimed responsibility. After the event, the group shared a filthy 90-second selfie that MailOnline has been unable to reveal, according to Daily Mail.
ISIS-K Attack Footage Emerges
The video clip depicts the bloody attack on Christians in Krasnogorsk, Moscow, by the Islamic State group. The clip begins with a terrorist holding a knife running into the main hall of Crocus City Hall, and the man filming the video twice says: 'Bring the machine gun. Kill them and have no mercy on them.'
Another man carrying what appears to be a yellow and black machine gun then runs into the hall and begins firing wildly in all directions. The gunman filming the sick attack can be heard saying: "The infidels will be defeated, God willing. God is great. We went out for the sake of God and to seek His religion."
Putin has connected the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue, which resulted in the deaths of at least 137 people, to Ukraine. The worst attack on Russian soil in recent history was claimed by the affiliate of Islamic State. The US and UK embassies had been warning of a Russian capital assault nearly exactly when the attack began.
The details came when video seemed to show tyrant Vladimir Putin being informed of the atrocities in his office. A photographer at Crocus City Hall caught the image of Tajikistani suspect Shamsuddin Fariddun on March 7. The incident caused the lives of about 140 individuals and wounded another 150.
One of the injured is an eight-year-old child, who is reportedly in severe condition at the hospital. Seven other individuals were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the crime, and the four accused assailants were taken into custody by Russian officials.
While going to Ukraine, Putin said that the attackers were caught; still Kyiv refuted this. Putin declared March 24 to be a day of national mourning, attributing the horrific attack on Ukraine.
The US, however, refuted these assertions by asserting that there was no participation from Ukraine and that ISIS was solely responsible for the attack. Adrienne Watson, a spokesman for the National Security Council, supported the assertion, New York Post reported.
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