One more Tajik national has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of being involved in the deadly concert hall attack, in which at least 144 people were killed.
RBC, citing the press center of the Moscow courts of general jurisdictions, says Moscow’s Basmanny district court ruled on March 26 that Tajik citizen Yaqubjon Yusufzoda should be put into custody for the period until May 22.
“According to the investigation, a few days before the terrorist attack, he transferred money to an accomplice from his card to provide accommodation of the terrorists. A part of the funds was transferred by him to one of perpetrators of the terrorist attack after the crime,” the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation posted on a Telegram-channel.
However, it does not specified who he transferred money.
The man is reportedly charged under Article 105 (3) of Russia’s Penal Code – terrorism.
Yaqubjon Yusufzoda, 25, reportedly has secondary education. He is married with three children. At the time of his arrest, the man has reportedly been informally employed on a building site. He had temporary registration in Moscow.
Mash writes Yusufzoda was detained accidently on March 25 during the “Illegal Alien” Operation.
Recall the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group carried out a terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast on March 22, 2024. Investigators said the attack had killed 144 people (including those who died later in hospital), and more than 551 concertgoers were injured by gunshot wounds and "poisoning" related to the fire.
The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS–K), a regional affiliate of the IS that operates along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, claimed responsibility in a statement through the IS-affiliated Amaq news agency shortly after the attack. Amaq also published a video filmed by one of the attackers. It showed the attackers shooting victims and slitting the throat of a victim, while the filming attacker was reciting the takbir, praising God and speaking against infidels.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the attack a “barbaric terrorist act” and said that the gunmen had been arrested. He also declared March 24, 2024 to be a national day of mourning, and sought to link assailants to Ukraine. Russia's Foreign Ministry called the incident a terrorist attack. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in Russia since the Beslan school siege in 2004. Investigators reportedly detained 12 people in relation to the attack, including four suspects, who were charged with terrorism on 24 March.
