Moscow court arrests fifth, sixth suspected Crocus City Hall attackers

March 25, 2024 20:16

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has sanctioned the arrest of Dilovar and Isroil Islomov, who are charged with attacking Moscow’s Crocus City Court, a TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom, Report informs.

"To place Dilovar Islomov in custody until May 22. To place Isroil Islomov in custody until May 22," the court ruling says.

The court sessions were held behind closed doors.

Aminchon and Dilovar Islomovs are brothers and Isroil Islomov is their father. All the three were born in Dushanbe. The brothers are Russian nationals, while the father is a citizen of Tajikistan. Dilovar Islomov is married with a child and worked as a taxi driver.

On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, just over the Moscow city limits. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the current death toll is 137, but may rise. The Moscow Region Health Ministry said that 182 people were injured.

Eleven individuals suspected of being involved in the terrorist attack have been apprehended, including four gunmen who were detained in the Bryansk Region, southwest of Moscow, as they attempted to seek refuge by crossing the nearby Ukrainian border.