[Regnum] At present, 19 defendants in the case of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall are in custody. This was reported on March 22 by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Svetlana Petrenko."At the moment, investigative actions have been completed with 19 people accused of committing terrorist crimes, who are in custody and continue to familiarize themselves with the case materials. A number of other defendants have been put on the wanted list," the Investigative Committee's Telegram channel quoted Petrenko as saying.
The investigation concluded that the terrorist attack was organized by six citizens from Central Asia. They were arrested in absentia and put on the wanted list. The representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation emphasized that the attack on Crocus was organized by the special services of an unfriendly state in order to destabilize the situation in Russia.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the evening of March 22, 2024, terrorists broke into the Crocus City Hall, where the concert was to be held. They opened fire on the guests and employees of the concert hall, then started a fire. As a result of the terrorist attack, 144 people were killed, and another 551 people were injured.
Four direct perpetrators of the crime were detained on March 23. The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist Act"). FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov announced the involvement of the Security Service of Ukraine in the terrorist act. He called for the SBU to be recognized as a terrorist organization.
The lawyer of one of the direct perpetrators of the crime in Crocus, Dalerdzhon Mirzoev (included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of terrorists and extremists) Oleg Vlasov said that the terrorists were studying the possibility of carrying out a terrorist attack on Red Square, as well as in a Moscow synagogue.
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Investigation restores chronology of actions of accomplices in Crocus terrorist attack
[Regnum] Investigators have reconstructed in detail the chronology of the accomplices' actions in preparation for the terrorist attack committed on March 22, 2024, at the Crocus City Hall concert hall. This was reported on March 22 by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Svetlana Petrenko.
According to the official representative of the Investigative Committee, those who helped the perpetrators of the terrorist attack rent housing, provided them with transport and weapons, and financed the terrorists’ activities were brought to criminal responsibility depending on their role in committing the crimes.
“The investigation has reconstructed in detail the chronology of the accomplices’ actions during the preparation for the crime, at the time of the attack on the concert hall visitors, during the attempt to escape, right up until their detention by law enforcement officers,” the department’s Telegram channel quoted her as saying.
Petrenko added that the collected body of evidence makes it possible to draw a conclusion about the involvement of the defendants in the criminal case in the incriminated crimes.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on March 22, Petrenko said that the terrorist attack in the Crocus concert hall was organized by the secret services of an unfriendly state. According to her, the organizers recruited members of an international terrorist organization to commit the crime.
On March 22, 2024, armed terrorists stormed the Crocus City Hall concert hall, opened fire from automatic weapons on visitors and employees of the hall and started a fire. As a result of the crime, 144 people were killed, and another 551 people were injured. The Investigative Committee opened several criminal cases on this fact, including under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist act"). Four direct perpetrators were detained by law enforcement officers on March 23.
FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov later stated that the Security Service of Ukraine was involved in the terrorist attack at Crocus. He also called for recognizing this agency as a terrorist organization.
In January 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that 27 people had been charged in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack case. On March 3, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, announced the completion of the investigation, adding that investigators had completed their work in less than a year. The materials were handed over to the accused and their lawyers for review.
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More than 1,000 candles lit in Melitopol in memory of those killed in Crocus
[Regnum] Volunteers of the "Young South" movement lit more than a thousand candles in Melitopol in memory of those killed on March 22, 2024, as a result of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall in the Moscow region. This was reported on March 22 by the Ministry of Youth Policy of the Zaporizhia region.
Activists laid out the words “We remember Crocus 03/22/2024” with candles as a symbol of grief and memory of the victims of the terrorist attack.
"Today we have gathered here to light candles of memory in honor of those who fell victim to the tragedy at Crocus City Hall. This action is not just a symbol of grief, it is our response to cruelty, our way of reminding that love and unity are always stronger than any evil," said the head of the youth movement, Yulia Klimenko.
Earlier, on March 22, a memorial to the victims was opened near the Crocus City Hall concert hall. The monument is a black granite stele depicting flying cranes. It is located opposite the concert hall and the second pavilion of Crocus Expo.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 22, 2024, terrorists broke into the Crocus City Hall, opened fire on visitors and employees of the concert hall and started a fire. As a result of the terrorist attack, 144 people were killed, and another 551 were injured.
The Investigative Committee opened several criminal cases, including under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist Act"). 12 people were arrested. Currently, 19 defendants are already in custody.
In December 2024, law enforcement officers detained four Batalkhadzhin terrorists (the movement is recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation). It was established that they helped to organize a terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall. During the search, weapons were found on them, and correspondence with the leaders of the organization hiding abroad was found on their mobile phones.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 22, the official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee Svetlana Petrenko said that the terrorist attack in the Crocus concert hall was organized by the special services of an unfriendly state. According to her, the organizers recruited members of an international terrorist organization to commit the crime in order to destabilize the situation in Russia. The investigation concluded that the terrorist attack was organized by six citizens from Central Asia. They were arrested in absentia and put on the wanted list.
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