Rosfinmonitoring: International network helped to carry out terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall

24.04.2024, Moscow.

An international network helped to plan and implement the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, the head of Rosfinmonitoring Yuri Chikhanchin said on April 24 at the International Scientific and Practical Forum Current issues of combating money laundering and financing of terrorism.

Chikhanchin called the terrorist attack monstrous and directed against innocent civilians. An international network was used for its realization, he said.

On April 11, two militants were blocked in a garden community in the suburbs of Nalchik. They responded to the offer to surrender with fire. Police officers eliminated the criminals.

According to law enforcement agencies, the militants were planning terrorist attacks on the territory of the republic. The militants were part of an international terrorist organization.

In the evening of March 22, the Russian Federal Security Service reported about shooting and fire in the concert hall Crocus City Hall near Moscow. According to some reports, there was an explosion and fire in the building. Eyewitnesses reported that there was gunfire in the building.

145 people were killed in the terrorist attack. 551 people were injured.

The suspects in the execution of the terrorist attack were detained in the Bryansk region on their way to Ukraine. According to Russian President Putin, a so-called window was prepared for them there.

The detainees are natives of Tajikistan. Their relatives were interrogated in Dushanbe.

Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency