Investigation into the attack on Crocus is completed

The Investigative Committee of Russia has completed the investigation into the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue

According to Russian media, investigative actions in the case of the “terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall” have been completed. Now, according to the law, the parties have begun to familiarize themselves with the case materials.

Since the victims, numbering around a thousand, are the first to do so, it is unlikely that the case will be quickly forwarded for court consideration.

After the victims have reviewed the materials, the case may be sent to court by the end of March this year.

Recall that on the evening of March 22, several individuals in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons on people who had come to a concert by the band Piknik at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow. According to eyewitnesses, the shooters also threw Molotov cocktails, causing a fire in the venue. According to media reports, about 144 people died, including children, and more than 180 were injured.

Shortly after the incident, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

The investigation has charged 27 individuals in connection with the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue. The majority of them are citizens of Tajikistan.

Following the attack on the Crocus City Hall, Russian authorities began to impose mass entry bans on Tajiks into the country, and Tajik labor migrants in Moscow have been insulted and beaten by police and residents.

Labor migrants have reported that employers fired them on the grounds that they are Tajiks, and they were denied entry to stores and buses. Videos of detained and deported Tajik migrants to Tajikistan are being circulated on social media.