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| TASS: The perpetrators of the Crocus attack were trained at special bases abroad. | |
| 2025-12-20 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The perpetrators of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall near Moscow may have received special training at terrorist bases in Turkey and Afghanistan.
"Presumably, all the perpetrators of the Crocus attack received extensive special training at terrorist bases. <…> Shamsidin Fariduni, who was questioned in court yesterday, is a professional automatic rifle shooter," TASS quoted the source as saying. He noted that Fariduni was supposedly supposed to travel from a Turkish base to Khorasan Province in Afghanistan to join ISIS (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), but due to a closed mountain pass, he was asked to "show what he was capable of" and sent to train for a terrorist attack in Moscow. The source also stated that Fariduni met and assembled the remaining militants in Russia, conducted reconnaissance at the Crocus shopping center, purchased a vehicle for their transportation, and obtained weapons. In court, he confirmed that the organizers promised the perpetrators 1 million rubles, and after the attack, the group headed toward Ukraine to receive their payment. There is every reason to believe, the source added, that the militants trained two brigades to carry out the terrorist attack in Russia, which they then merged. The accused deny this. The terrorist attack at the Crocus Hotel took place on March 22, 2024. The attackers broke into the building, opened fire, and then set the building on fire. The attack left 150 people dead, one missing, and 609 injured. Four terrorists were detained the day after the attack in the Bryansk region, 100 km from the Ukrainian border. During the investigation, they confessed that the attack was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services. Related: Crocus City Hall: 2025-12-17 The Order of Courage for the hero of Crocus: Restored Justice Daniil of Moscow Crocus City Hall: 2025-12-16 Fariduni, the perpetrator of the Crocus bombing, gave his first testimony in court Crocus City Hall: 2025-11-12 Reports: Russians Increasingly Frustrated at Muslim Migrants Praying in Public Related: Shamsidin Fariduni 07/28/2025 Immediately after the terrorist attack in Crocus, the perpetrators received 135,000 rubles Shamsidin Fariduni 11/20/2024 Court extends arrest of alleged perpetrators of Crocus attack Shamsidin Fariduni 08/17/2024 New charges added to defendants in Crocus terrorist attack case Related: Bryansk: 2025-12-19 Latest information on the situation on the front line as of December 18 (updated) Bryansk: 2025-12-18 Latest information on the situation on the front line as of December 17 (updated) Bryansk: 2025-12-17 Latest information on the situation on the front line as of December 16 (updated) | |
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