Court has arrested three Tajik nationals for another three months

According to Russian media, the arrest of three Tajik suspects in aiding the terrorist attack has been extended until November 22.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of four suspects involved in the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow. They are Tajik citizens Aminchon Islomov, Dilovar Islomov, Isroil Islomov, and Kyrgyz citizen Alisher Kasimov.

According to the investigation, brothers Aminchon and Dilovar Islomov and their 62-year-old father Isroil provided the attackers with an apartment for living, a car for transportation, and transported funds. Kasimov claimed in court during his arrest that he was also accused of renting an apartment to the individuals involved in the terrorist case. All four defendants deny their guilt.

Despite the objections of the suspects and their lawyers, Judge Boris Safarin decided to consider the cases in a closed session and demanded that individuals not participating in the process leave the courtroom. “Let them know that we are not guilty,” shouted defendant Kasimov.

According to the investigation, Dilovar Islomov was the last owner of the car used by the attackers to escape.

Dilovar Islomov told the publication “Novaya Gazeta Europe” that he sold his car—a white Renault, which the suspects used to escape—a week before the attack. According to Islomov, he and his brother Dilovar, the last owner of the white Renault, went to the police themselves after learning about the attack at Crocus City Hall from the media the next day.

Russian citizen Alisher Kasimov, originally from Kyrgyzstan, rented a three-room apartment in Putilkovo. The apartment was rented by Fariduni Shamsidin, one of the main defendants in the Crocus terrorist case. According to his relatives, they said they came to work on a construction site. At the court session, Kasimov stated that he was unaware of his tenants’ connection to “terrorism.”

Earlier, the Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the detention of eight main defendants in the case of the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk. On August 18 and 19 of this year, the Basmanny Court of Moscow granted the investigation’s request to extend the preventive measure of detention for Dalerjon Mirzoev, Saidakram Rajabali-zoda, Shamsidin Faridun, Muhammadsobir Faizov, Lutfullo Nazir-mada, Jumakhon Kurbonov, Yokubjon Yusufzoda, and Muhammad Sharifzoda. The court session was also held in a closed mode.