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Two people suspected of participating in Friday’s shooting on the outskirts of Moscow were detained in the Bryansk region after a car chase. But, according to international agencies, the Kremlin security services detained a total of 11 people, four of which were the alleged attackers.
Maxim Shemetov
A Russian parliamentarian cited by Reuters said, this Saturday morning, on the social network Telegram that two suspects in the terrorist attack in Moscow were detained in the Bryansk region. In total, according to a report released by international agencies, the Kremlin detained 11 people following the shooting, four of whom were identified as the alleged attackers.
Two of the suspects who carried out the attack in the concert hall Crocus City Hall, in one of the largest shopping centers on the outskirts of Moscow, were detained this morning after “a car chase”.
Between four and five men – information regarding the number of attackers is still unclear – opened fire with automatic weapons on spectators who were waiting for a concert by the Russian rock band Picnic, in a room with a capacity for more than six thousand people and which was , this Friday, practically packed. At least 60 people died and 145 were injured, dozens in serious condition.
Hours after the attack, Islamic State militants claimed it.
