Intelligence agencies have detained 11 people, including four terrorists, who were directly involved in an attack on the Crocus City Hall, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement.
"The activities of intelligence and law enforcement agencies have resulted in the detention of 11 people, including four terrorists, who directly participated in the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall," the statement reads.
Work is underway to identify terrorist accomplices and establish all the circumstances of the attack.
"It has already been established that the terrorist attack was carefully planned. The weapons that the terrorists used had been placed in a cache in advance," the FSB noted
Suspect in Crocus City Hall shooting attack says he was promised reward of $5,400
A man detained on suspicion of involvement in the Crocus City Hall attack has said he was promised a reward of 500,000 rubles ($5,400), according to a video posted on RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan’s Telegram channel.
"I shot down people at the Crocus for money; [I was promised] about 500,000," he said.
The detainee added that half the money had been transferred to his card, while he had been promised he would receive the other half later. He lost the card while trying to escape from law enforcement officers.
Putin, Uzbek president discuss Crocus City Hall attack in phone call
President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan have discussed a terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall near Moscow in a phone call, the Kremlin press service said in a statement.
"Shavkat Mirziyoyev strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall, expressing heartfelt condolences over the tragedy. He conveyed sympathy to the families of those killed and wished a speedy recovery to the injured," the statement reads.
"Both parties reaffirmed their determination to maintain close cooperation in combating terrorism," the Kremlin press service added.
The terrorist attack took place at the Crocus City Hall in the town of Krasnogorsk outside Moscow late on March 22. Unidentified gunmen armed with automatic weapons went on a shooting spree. According to the latest data from Russia’s Investigative Committee, 115 people were killed but that number may grow. Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov has announced the detention of 11 people involved in the attack, including four perpetrators who had tried to escape towards the Ukrainian border.
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