Crocus City Hall attacker would charge 500 thousand rubles (+Moscow)

Published at: 23/03/2024 10:04 AM

So far, 11 people have been arrested because of the attack that occurred this Friday at the large concert hall Crocus City Hall, Moscow, they have been arrested, said the director of the Russian Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov.

According to information published on the RT website, one of the perpetrators of the attack admitted that he was promised to be paid 500 thousand rubles (about 5,400 dollars) for shooting at people in the compound.

The attacker claimed to have received half of the promised amount through a transfer to a bank card.

The portal cites that through a video of the interrogation of Fariduni Shamsiddin (attacker), it became known that the organizers of the attack contacted him through Telegram.

He also pointed out that the weapons needed for the attack were supplied by the organizers, who contacted him and not the other way around.

“In his words, he was listening to “lessons” from a preacher and his assistant wrote to him about a month ago. The set task was to kill people, no matter who in particular,” RT reported.

The terrorist attack has so far claimed the lives of 133 people and 107, three of them minors, are being treated in different hospitals in Moscow and the province, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova told the press.

Mazo News Team