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| Kurbonov, a defendant in the Crocus terrorist attack case, arrived in Russia in July 2023 |
| 2024-04-28 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The 12th defendant in the criminal case regarding the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, Dzhumokhon Kurbonov, arrived in Russia from Tajikistan in July 2023. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to an employee of the hostel where Kurbonov lived. According to the source, Kurbonov crossed the Russian border on July 3, 2023. At the hostel, he shared a room on the fourth floor with ten migrants. All of them were employed and under control. As a hotel employee explained, their task is to accommodate visiting migrants, ensure that they do not violate the rules of the hostel and are officially registered. As Regnum reported, 21-year-old Dzhumokhon Kurbonov provided the accomplices of the terrorist attack in Crocus with communication means and money to pay bills, the press service of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction said on April 27. Kurbonov was detained on April 26. He is a citizen of Tajikistan, a native of the city of Parkhor. He is charged under paragraph 6 of Part 3 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Terrorist act”). The court arrested him until May 22. Earlier, on April 11, Kurbonov was detained in Moscow for petty hooliganism. He served 15 days of administrative arrest. On the evening of March 22, armed terrorists broke into Crocus City Hall and opened fire on visitors, setting the auditorium on fire. The terrorist attack killed 145 people, including six children. 550 people were injured. |
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