The trial begins for 2024 suspects in the Moscow Hall for concerts – National

A trial started on Monday under the strict security of 19 accused accused of participating in Fire fire last year in Moscow The concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded more than 600 people in one of the bloody attacks in the capital years.

A faction of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for March 22, 2024, a massacre at the location of the Crocus City Hall party, in which four gunmen who were waiting for a show by the famous rock music band fired and then set fire to the building.

President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials, without providing evidence, claimed that Ukraine had a role in the attack. Kyiv strongly denied any involvement.

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The investigation committee, the High Criminal Investigation Agency in Russia, said in June that it concluded that the attack “had been planned and carried out in the interest of the current leadership of Ukraine in order to destabilize the political situation in our country.” He also indicated that the four suspect militants tried to escape to Ukraine after that.

The four, who were all identified as citizens in Tajikistan, were arrested hours after the attack and after that they later appeared in a court in Moscow with signs of severe beating.

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The defendants who appeared before the court on Monday kept their heads bending while sitting in the cage of the defendants.

The committee said earlier this year that six suspects were accused in their absence and put on the required Russia list of allegedly recruiting and organizing the training of the four. The other defendants were accused of trial of their help.