Moscow court puts ninth suspect in concert hall attack under pre-trial custody

30/3/2024 7:13

        A Moscow district court ruled on Friday that the ninth suspect in the March 22 concert hall attack in which more than 140 people were killed should be
        held in custody until May 22 pending trial.
        
        The Basmanny District Court said in a statement that Lutfulloi Nazrimad, a native of Tajikistan, had been charged under Russia's terrorist act.
        
        It agreed to the investigator's request that he should be remanded in pre-trial custody until May 22, it said.
        
        Separately, Russia's Investigative Committee said that the suspects had stated that their actions had been coordinated by voice messages from a man via the Telegram messenger.
        
        "On the coordinator's instructions, after committing the crime, the terrorists drove in a car towards the Russian-Ukrainian border to cross it and arrive in Kyiv to receive the reward they had been promised," the Investigative Committee said.