The court has begun hearing the case of the attack on “Krokus”

Preliminary hearings have begun in Moscow regarding the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue.

115 victims are participating in the preliminary hearing of the criminal case concerning the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall in the Moscow region. This was reported by “RIA Novosti,” citing one of the participants in the proceedings.

19 suspects in the execution and complicity of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk were brought from pre-trial detention to the Second Western District Military Court of Moscow, which will begin to consider the criminal case in substance.

regarding 19 perpetrators and accomplices of the attack at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, which resulted in 149 casualties. As clarified by TASS in the court’s press service, the process will take place in one of the buildings of the Moscow City Court.

The preliminary hearing took place on July 21. Following the preliminary hearings of the criminal case, the date for substantive consideration has been set for August 4. The court proceedings will take place in one of the buildings of the Moscow City Court, according to the court’s press release.

A total of more than 2300 people have been recognized as victims in the case of the attack on the Crocus City Hall. Of these, 115 victims are participating in the hearings.

It is reported that the case regarding the attack on the Crocus will be heard by a panel of three judges, and the case materials consist of more than 470 volumes, as well as the results of over 200 different types of examinations concerning the accused.

At the same time, the court rejected the petitions of four defendants in the case regarding the attack on the Crocus City Hall to terminate the criminal prosecution.

Recall that on the evening of March 22, several individuals in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons on people attending a concert by the Piknik band at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region. According to eyewitnesses, the shooters also threw Molotov cocktails, causing a fire in the venue. According to media reports, about 149 people died, including children, more than 609 were injured, and one person went missing.

According to the Investigative Committee, the damage from the attack is estimated at over 6 billion rubles.

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

Immediately after the attack, 32-year-old Dalerjon Mirzoev, 30-year-old Saidakram Rachabalizoda, 25-year-old Fariduni Shamsiddin, and 19-year-old Muhammadsobir Faizov were detained.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow reported that all four confessed to their guilt, and as a result, they were taken into custody for two months.

However, it is unknown under what circumstances they confessed, as videos published on social media show that they were subjected to torture and brutal beatings; even at the court hearing, they had bruises and signs of beating on their faces, one had an ear cut off, and another had an eye knocked out.

The investigation has charged 27 individuals in the case of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow region. Most of them are citizens of Tajikistan.

Following the attack on the Crocus City Hall, Russian authorities began to impose a mass ban on Tajik citizens entering the country, while Tajik labor migrants in Moscow are being 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 are being circulated on social media.