Another suspect has been detained in connection with the attack on the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, Russian media report, citing a source close to the Russian Interior Ministry, UNN informs.
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According to media reports, the detainee is a citizen of Tajikistan born in 2003. He is accused of committing a terrorist attack. The detainee is called a "possible accomplice in the terrorist attack".
So far, 12 people have been arrested in connection with the attack on Crocus City Hall. 11 of them are charged under the article on terrorism, and one is charged under the article on fictitious registration of a foreign citizen. All but one of them are natives of Tajikistan.
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The attack on Crocus City Hall, which, according to the latest data, killed 145 people, took place on the evening of March 22. Four armed men broke into the building, where a concert by the band Picnic was about to begin, and began shooting people before setting the concert hall on fire.
The Russian authorities have been linking the attack on Crocus to Ukraine without evidence, although radical Islamists have claimed responsibility for the attack.