Those responsible for the March 22 terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Moscow, which left 145 dead and 550 injured, were members of the Vilaiat Khorasan militant group, part of the Islamic State, according to the judicial investigation.
The movement operates in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and those responsible for the attack are hiding outside the country, which led Russian authorities to send several international requests for legal assistance, according to the Russian press.
"The investigation of this case is particularly difficult due, among other things, to the international nature of the crime and the location of the organizers and accomplices, who are outside the Russian Federation," said those responsible for the case.
Some of those detained were preparing another terrorist attack, using homemade weapons and explosives.
The attack took place on March 22, at the Moscow concert hall Crocus City Hall, when a group of armed men burst in and shot at the audience, also setting the building on fire.
The terrorists, who remained in the concert hall for 18 minutes, fled the scene by car and were detained by authorities the following day in the Bryansk region.
Detainees Shakhromjon Gadoev, Mustakim Soliev, Umedjon Soliev and Zubaidullo Ismoilov - who accused each other during their testimonies - are accused of participating in a terrorist group and manufacturing explosives.
Authorities believe that the defendants, in partnership with their accomplices, also have the ability to coordinate threats against witnesses and "other accomplices who provided incriminating evidence against" them.
The several responsible for the attack - Dalerjon Mirzoev, Murodali Rachabalizod, Shamsidin Fariduni and Muhammadsobir Faizov - are citizens of Tajikistan and are accused of training in view of terrorist activities and illegal arms trafficking.
Isroil Islomov, along with his sons Aminchon and Dilovar, is accused of providing support to terrorists.
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