Moscow court arrests four suspects in Crocus City Hall terrorist attack PHOTO

Following the terrorist attack at the renowned concert hall "Crocus City Hall" in Moscow, the Basmanny District Court has decided to detain four suspects allegedly involved in the heinous act.

According to reports from the press service of the courts of general jurisdiction in Moscow, the suspects have been identified as Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, Muhammadsober Fayzov, and Shamsidin Fariduni, KP reports.

"The Basmanny District Court of Moscow satisfied the petition of the investigative authorities and elected a measure of restraint in the form of detention for 1 month 28 days, that is, until May 22, 2024, in respect of Mirzoev D.B.," the release said.

The same measure was chosen for Rachabalizode, Fayzov and Fariduni. All four are accused of being part of an armed organized group participated in the shooting of citizens of the Russian Federation in the premises of the "Crocus City Hall", and then set fire to the building.

Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, a 33-year-old citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan, confessed to his involvement in the attack. Mirzoyev, who is married and a father of four, had no prior criminal record but was found to be residing in Russia with an expired registration.

Shamsidin Fariduni Shamsidin Fariduni, 26, who worked as a laborer at a parquet factory, is reported to have an 8-month-old child.

Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, aged 30, also admitted his guilt. He is an unemployed Tajik citizen with one child and an incomplete secondary education.

Muhammadsobir Fayzov, 20, was wounded during the arrest and appeared in court in a wheelchair under medical supervision. Fayzov, who used to work in a barbershop, has no children or spouse.

All four suspects are accused of being part of an armed organized group that carried out the shooting of Russian citizens within the premises of "Crocus City Hall" before setting the building ablaze.

Four gunmen on March 22 night stormed the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, a northern Moscow suburb, and began firing on some of the estimated 6,000 people who were attending a rock concert. The attackers also set fires which engulfed the venue and caused the roof to collapse.

Russian authorities said 137 people were killed and more than 100 injured.

The men who appeared in court on March 24 were arrested in the Bryansk region around 14 hours after the attack, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said. Bryansk is around 400km (250 miles) south-west of Moscow.

IS had already claimed the attack, stating that it was carried out by a branch known as the Islamic State in Khorasan, or IS-K.

It later released graphic footage of the attackers firing on the crowd inside the concert hall. The video has been verified as genuine by the BBC.

However, no Russian official has acknowledged the claim, instead suggesting - without evidence - that the attackers were being helped by Ukraine and Kyiv had "prepared a window" to allow them to cross the border and escape into Ukrainian territory.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March 24 rejected the claims, and his military intelligence directorate said it was "absurd" to suggest the men were trying to cross a heavily mined border, teeming with hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers, to reach safety.