Four suspects who carried out the attack on the Crocus City Hall theater in the Moscow region of Russia on March 22.3 appeared in court on March 24.3 and were detained pending trial.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon
According to RT, all of these people are Tajik citizens. "Terrorists have no nationality, no fatherland and no religion," Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call after the attack, AFP quoted the office's March 24.3 announcement. said the president of Tajikistan. Mr. Rahmon was previously said to have made similar statements regarding extremist elements.
According to the Kremlin, during the phone call, the two leaders agreed to strengthen joint efforts to fight terrorism.
4 bloody terrorist suspects in Russia appear in court
Previously, on March 23.3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan said that reports about its citizens being involved in the attack were "false". The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan also said that two of the suspicious names initially announced by Russian media were actually in Tajikistan when the attack occurred.
The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack and posted many videos online, but Russian officials have not publicly confirmed IS's claim. According to data from the Russian investigation agency, 137 people died in the attack. Moscow region health authorities said 182 people were injured.
Four Moscow attack suspects appeared in court on March 24.3
Russia arrested a total of 11 people involved, including 4 attack suspects: Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Saidakrami Rachabalizodu, Shamsidin Fariduni and Muhammadsobir Fayzov.
IS is believed to be active in Tajikistan, a Central Asian country bordering Afghanistan. Sheet The Guardian Citing information from Western intelligence agencies and elsewhere, IS conducted a massive recruitment campaign last year, targeting fighters from Central Asian countries such as Tajikistan, especially members with experience. experience of groups specializing in carrying out terrorist attacks.
Iranian officials said the main suspect in the bombing in the city of Kerman in January that killed nearly 1 people was from Tajikistan.
