Suspects of the Moscow attack appeared in court with signs of aggression
The four suspects in the attack in Moscow that killed more than 130 people on Friday appeared in court this Sunday with signs of aggression on their faces – from their eyes, bruised and swollen, to their ears, covered with bandages. One of them appeared in a hospital chair, unresponsive.
Images released by international news agencies suggest that the alleged attackers were tortured after being detained by Russian authorities. Faced with these allegations, the Kremlin neither confirms nor denies.
At a press conference, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked by CNN International about the signs of physical attacks on the suspects. “One of them is in a wheelchair and has his eyes closed. (…) What happened to them?” asked a CNN International reporter.
To this question, Dmitry Peskov only replied: “No, I leave this question unanswered.”
Muhammadsober Faizov was the last of the defendants to appear in court. He appeared accompanied by a doctor, in a hospital chair and apparently unconscious, unresponsive (AP Photo / Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Who are the suspects in the attack?
Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, Shamsidin Fariduni and Muhammadsober Faizov. These are the names of the four suspects in the attack on a concert hall in Moscow, according to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, the oldest of whom, Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, is 32 years old and was the first to be taken to court.
The four are from Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic, and were in Russia on temporary or expired visas.
Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev had a three-month temporary visa in the southern Russian city of Novosibirsk, but the document had already expired, according to RIA Novosti.
Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev is the oldest of the four suspects. He has 32 years old. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Saidakrami Rachabalizoda was the second to appear in court, without any Russian registration documents. The man, who according to RIA Novosti is 30 years old, communicated through an interpreter.
Saidakrami Rachabalizoda was the second to appear in court (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Shamsidin Fariduni, the third defendant presented by the Russian authorities, was born in 1998 and, according to RIA Novosti, worked in a factory in the Russian city of Podolsk, being registered in the city of Krasnogorsk.
Shamsidin Fariduni, the third defendant to appear in court, will be 25 years old (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Muhammadsober Faizov is identified as being the youngest of the four suspects: he was born in 2004, according to the same news agency. The young man appeared in a hospital chair, accompanied by a doctor, and appeared unresponsive. According to the same source, Muhammadsober Faizov was unemployed, having previously worked in a barbershop in Ivanovo, northeast of Moscow.
The four suspects in the attack are in pre-trial detention until May 22.
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