4 MEN FROM TAJIKISTAN ARRAIGNED FOR CROCUS CITY HALL MASSACRE IN MOSCOW

Four men who violently murdered up to 134 people with automatic weapons and Molotov cocktails at a Piknik music concert in Suburban Moscow this past Friday, March 22 2024 were captured by Russian authorities and were arraigned in court late Sunday. The defendants Dalerjon B. Mirzoyev and Saidakrami M. Rachalbalizoda plead guilty to terror charges and face a maximum sentencing of life in prison; the other two defendants did not specify a plea. Videos on social media depict the moment the killers were captured and interrogated for the attacks. Russia’s Federal Security Services announced on Saturday that 11 people have been detained including the four men who were charged. They were arrested 230 miles southwest of Moscow. During the night of the attack, four gunmen opened fire inside the Crocus City Hall and set off explosive devices that caused the roof of the building to collapse. 182 people were also injured as 100 remain hospitalized according to the regional health ministry. The terrorist organization of Afghanistan, ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that the attacks were carried out by radical Islamists but is interested in discovering who ordered the attacks.