Achi news desk-
Last Updated: March 28, 2024, 11:30 PM IST
He did not provide further details about the identity of the suspect or his alleged actions. (Image: Reuters)
Those four, identified as Tajik nationals, appeared in a Moscow court on Sunday on charges of terrorism and showed signs of severe beatings. One appeared to be barely conscious during the hearing
Russia’s main investigative body said on Thursday that another suspect had been detained as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 143 people.
A statement from the Investigative Committee said the latest person in custody was involved in financing Friday’s attack on the Crocus City concert hall where gunmen shot people waiting for a show by a popular rock band and then set the building on fire. He did not provide further details about the identity of the suspect or his alleged actions.
Officials previously said 11 suspects had been arrested, including four who allegedly carried out the attack. Those four, identified as Tajik nationals, appeared in a Moscow court on Sunday on charges of terrorism and showed signs of severe beatings. One appeared to be barely conscious during the hearing.
A faction of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the massacre. But Russian officials including President Vladimir Putin have consistently claimed, without presenting evidence, that Ukraine and the West were involved in the attack.
The statement of the Investigative Committee said that it had “confirmed data that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack received significant amounts of money and cryptocurrency from Ukraine, which were used in the preparation of the crime.”
Ukraine denies involvement and its officials claim that Moscow is pushing the claim as an excuse to intensify its fighting in Ukraine.
Health officials said on Thursday that around 70 people remained in hospital with injuries in the attack, many of them in a serious condition.
