This is the moment the gunmen suspected of carrying out an attack on a concert hall in Moscow are arrested by Russian authorities. Videos shared online show three different men, who Moscow claims were responsible for the attack at the Crocus City Hall on Friday, being detained by a group of soldiers....CONTINUE READING
One of the suspects is seen shaking on his knees, with his hands bound behind his back, apparently confessing to carrying out the massacre, which left more than 140 people dead.
He was reportedly filmed while being held in the Bryansk region after he was found hiding in a tree while trying to flee to Ukraine, which has vehemently denied any role in the bloodbath.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the massacre, which they have said came ‘within the context of a raging war between the Islamic State and countries fighting Islam’.
One of the men suspected of carrying out an attack on a Moscow concert hall is seen shaking on his knees, with his hands bound behind his back
Another man, who was reportedly arrested for the attack, was pictured with his hands tied behind his back while sitting on a blue bench
A third man, whose face appears to be covered in blood, is seen being carried along a path by men wearing military equipment
An image of the blaze at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall following the terrorist attack which left over a hundred people dead
A video shows one of the suspects apparently confessing as he is kneeling with his hands bound behind his back.
He is quizzed: ‘Exactly what was offered?’, to which he replies: ‘To do these things for money’.
The interrogation continues: ‘Which things? What exactly?’. He replies: ‘These things, to kill.’
A soldier then asks: ‘To kill who?’. He responds: ‘They sent the location [on the Telegram messenger].’
The man goes on to say that he was told to walk into the venue and kill anyone, no matter who they were.
He said he had flown from Turkey on March 4 and had received instructions from unknown people via Telegram to carry out the attack in exchange for money.
He claimed he had followed a presumably Muslim ‘preacher’ on Telegram. He gave his name as Fariduni Shamsidin.
He said: ‘I listened to lessons, studied on Telegram. The preacher’s assistant suggested killing people, and promised me a million rubles.’
He claimed not to know the name of the preacher of his assistant who had ordered the killings.
The man was initially shown lying on his stomach with his hands bound behind his back, his chin resting on the boot of a figure in camouflage uniform
Later he was hauled up onto his knees where he was filmed while being interrogated by a group of soldiers
The suspected gunman is seen here apparently confessing as he is kneeling with his hands bound behind his back
A second video shows one of the detainees, whose face appears to be covered in blood, being carried along a path by men wearing military equipment
He is seen being restrained by a man carrying military equipment as he is carried towards a car
Another detained suspect said he had been promised 500,000 roubles [£4,300] for carrying out the act, and had received 250,000 roubles [£2,150] in an advance payment.
He added that more money was for ‘expenses’. ‘They delivered the weapons themselves,’ he said.
The orders came by Telegram messenger to kill people – ‘it doesn’t matter who’, he said. He added: ‘They gave me the location of the attack.’
A second video shows one of the detainees, whose face appears to be covered in blood, being carried along a path by men wearing military equipment.
A third man is seen in another video with his hands tied behind his back while sitting barefoot on a blue bench.
The group en route to Ukraine were reportedly apprehended by Chechen fighters loyal to close Putin ally and warlord Ramzan Kadyrov.
Kadyrov said: ‘Chechen fighters arrived at the given coordinates to the place where they were searching for terrorists around 3am and immediately began combing the area together with the FSB [special forces] and soldiers of the Leningrad Military District.
‘They successfully completed their task of capturing the killers alive, despite the risks.’
Another of the suspects, Ruslan Nazarov, reportedly went to see police of his own volition to say that he had been in Samara at the time of the terrorist attack. He may have been a previous owner of the Renault. .
Two helicopters and eight drones were scrambled in the Bryansk region to search for the fugitives, reported SHOT.
Russian media share pictures of four suspected terrorists, in the Crocus concert hall massacre in Moscow, giving their names as (clockwise from the left) Makhmadrasul Nasridinov, 27, Rivozhidin Ismonov, 51, Shokhindzhonn Safolzoda, 21, Rustam Nazarov, 29
Image of the suspected gunmen who opened fire at Crocus City Hall, in Krasnogorsk, Moscow
Two of the gunmen are pictured here during the concert hall massacre last night
Two of the suspected gunmen in pictured allegedly fleeing the scene in a white Renault car
A map showing the location of the Crocus City Hall, which is situated 12 miles from the Kremlin in central Moscow
Chairman of the Russian parliament’s defence committee Andrey Kartapolov alleged that Ukraine and its patrons – the West – are the main stakeholders in the terrorist attack at Crocus.
Some 28 bodies were found in one of the Crocus City Hall toilets, it was reported.
Fourteen bodies were found on an evacuation staircase.According to sources, people were lying in families, reported Baza media.
Some died in an embrace as many mothers were found hugging their children.
RBC said CCTV analysis showed that the gunmen had been trained and had possible combat experience.
‘They studied the movement pattern in advance and thought over escape routes,’ said a source.
The terrorists left the Crocus City complex mingling with the crowds they had been seeking to shoot and burn alive a few minutes earlier.
RT propaganda chief Margarita Simonyan said the suspects had been stopped 100 kilometres [62 miles] from the border with Ukraine.
In a televised address, Putin said 11 people had been detained, including the four gunmen.
‘They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to cross the state border,’ he said.
The FSB security service said the gunmen had contacts in Ukraine and were captured near the border. It said they were being transferred to Moscow.
Neither Putin nor the FSB publicly presented any proof of a link with Ukraine, with which Russia has been waging war for the past 25 months.
Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman Andriy Yusov told Reuters: ‘Ukraine was of course not involved in this terror attack.
‘Ukraine is defending its sovereignty from Russian invaders, liberating its own territory and is fighting with the occupiers’ army army and military targets, not civilians.’
He said the FSB version that the suspects were arrested en route to Ukraine was ‘of course another lie from the Russian special services’.
