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| Court extends investigation period in Crocus terror attack case |
| 2024-07-20 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The court extended the investigation period in the case of the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow until September 22. This is stated in official documents. “The preliminary investigation period has been extended... until September 22, 2024,” RIA Novosti reports. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 16, the head of Rosfinmonitoring, Yuri Chikhanchin, reported that the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall was organized by an international team with representatives from different countries. He specified that some Russian citizens also became members of this group. On July 17, Russian Health Minister Assistant Alexei Kuznetsov said that three people injured in the terrorist attack remain in hospitals in moderate condition. The terrorist attack in Crocus took place on March 22. The attackers burst into the hall, started shooting at people, and then set the auditorium on fire. As a result of the incident, 145 people died, including six children, and more than 500 people were injured. According to FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov, the goal of the customers was to damage Russia's relations with the CIS countries through religious and national factors. The perpetrators of the March 23 terrorist attack were detained in the Bryansk region; they were heading towards the border with Ukraine. The terrorists' connection with Ukrainian nationalists was proven. The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested 18 defendants in the case of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall. The court extended the arrest period for all of them until August 22. President Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia will get everyone involved in the terrorist attack in the Moscow region concert hall, not only the direct perpetrators, but also those who ordered it. Related: Crocus City Hall: 2024-07-17 An accused in the terrorist attack in Crocus got into a clash with a pretrial detention facility employee Crocus City Hall: 2024-07-11 Pugacheva comments on the missile hitting a children's hospital in Kyiv Crocus City Hall: 2024-06-29 Friday prayers in the Red Mosque of Astrakhan ended in arrests |
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