The four detainees are accused of “terrorism”a crime that carries a penalty of life imprisonment, according to Moscow’s Basmanny court in a statement.
The Preventive detention was initially set until May 22 and may be extended until the trial begins, whose date has not yet been defined.
Russian police advance investigation after Moscow attack
In addition to the four suspects in preventive detention, the Russian security forces arrested 7 people more for the attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow.
The court released a video showing police officers leading three of the suspects, with handcuffs in their hands, into the courtroom. The fourth arrived in a wheelchair.
One of the suspects had a white bandage on earas in the videos of the arrest released on Saturday by investigators, in which Three of the alleged attackers appeared with blood on their faces.
According to the court, two of the defendants pleaded guilty. One of them, originally from Tajikistan, “He pleaded entirely guilty,” according to the court.
Authorities previously said the suspects were “foreign citizens”but they did not detail their nationality.
Attack in Moscow: ISIS attack left 137 dead
Friday’s attack was claimed by the jihadist group Islamic Statebut Russian authorities point to a Ukrainian lead, stating that the attackers tried to flee to Ukraine, where they supposedly had contacts.
kyiv denies any involvement in this attack, the deadliest in Russia since the early 2000s.
Source: Ambito
