{"id":208743,"date":"2025-06-23T22:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/208743\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T22:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T22:10:14","slug":"russian-investigators-conclude-crocus-terror-probe-claim-attack-was-carried-out-in-ukraines-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/208743\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Investigators Conclude Crocus Terror Probe, Claim Attack Was Carried Out \u2018in Ukraine\u2019s Interests\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian law enforcement authorities on Monday announced<\/a> the completion of their investigation into last year\u2019s deadly concert hall attack near Moscow, claiming it was carried out \u201cin the interests\u201d of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The Islamic State took responsibility for the March 22, 2024, mass shooting, in which four gunmen killed 149 people and wounded 609 others at Crocus City Hall. The attack caused an estimated 6 billion rubles ($76.4 million) in damages.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee, which probes crimes, identified 19 alleged perpetrators, accomplices and arms suppliers as members of ISIS-K, the Islamic State affiliate active in Central and South Asia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis inhuman crime was planned and committed in the interests of the current leadership of Ukraine in order to destabilize the political situation in our country,\u201d investigators said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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The Investigative Committee repeated earlier claims by President Vladimir Putin that the attackers attempted to flee to Ukraine after the shooting but were captured in Russia\u2019s Bryansk region near the borders with Ukraine and Belarus. Kyiv has repeatedly denied any role in the attack.<\/p>\n

Russian investigators said preparations for the assault began months in advance. Some suspects allegedly received training abroad, and weapons were reportedly modified and smuggled into Russia through the Dagestani port city of Kaspiysk.<\/p>\n

A separate investigation is ongoing into six other suspects \u2014 including two alleged masterminds \u2014 who remain at large and are wanted internationally. Authorities said<\/a> in March that those suspects recruited the gunmen and organized their training outside Russia.<\/p>\n

In an earlier statement, the Investigative Committee accused the security services of an unnamed \u201cunfriendly state\u201d of planning and directing the attack in order to destabilize Russia.<\/p>\n

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