2024-03-28 16:02:44
Turning on the propaganda machine, the Kremlin ordered the media to necessarily develop a narrative of links with Ukraine, although there is no evidence, which was denied by both the United States and Ukraine, soon it was announced on social networks that the officials arrived too late, and questions were also raised about the execution of the attack by the suspects.
Five days after a terror attack in a suburb of Moscow, there are still more questions than answers, although more and more information is emerging about the suspected attackers and how their plan was carried out. Next to the facts, there are also rumors about the police’s reaction to the calls, as a result of which the Russian law enforcement officers do not always manage to find the right answers, Meduza writes.
The attack that rocked the Crocus City Hall entertainment and music complex on Friday night drew worldwide attention. Even more than 3 days after the bloodshed, the authorities were cleaning up the wreckage of the arena, which was engulfed in flames after the explosions. Telegram channel Baza reported that 17 more bodies were found buried in the rubble on Sunday.
The Ministry of Emergencies of Russia has already made public some of the names of the dead.
The number of dead has already exceeded 137, and the number of injured – 182.
The Russian authorities have not announced how many people are missing after the terror attack.
On the night of the horrific attack, the witnesses who escaped said that they ran into locked exits.
Baza later announced that it was impossible to open some of the emergency exits, the doors leading to the roof. The door leading to the roof was said to be padlocked. Witnesses said that the fire alarm was either partially activated or not activated at all.
People were forced to break down the door to escape from the basement of the complex as well.
Crocus City Hall announced that during the attack, about 5 thousand people were evacuated from the building – both those who came to the concert and the employees. It is not yet known exactly how many people were in the building during the attack.
The main hall has 6,200 seats, and standing room can fill up to 7,233.
The “Piknik” band, whose concert was attacked, announced that the tickets were sold out.
More details of the attack have emerged as gruesome videos of suspected terrorists being tortured – one having part of an ear cut off and stuffed into his mouth – circulated in Russian media. The Telegram channel Shot reported that two Tajik nationals linked to the attack, Shamsidin Fariduni and Muhammadsobir Fayzov, visited the arena five times in the two weeks before the terrorist attack.
Aleksandars Žurikas, one of the employees of the arena, said that he even talked to S. Fariduni. The interview took place on March 8. At that time, the US had already warned Russia about the terrorist threat, but Vladimir Putin called the information propaganda and an attempt to intimidate the Russian public. S. Fariduni calls “Shot” a terrorist leader.
According to A. Žurik, S. Fariduni studied the building and inquired about the plan of the complex.
Baza published one photo of S. Fariduni after the terrorist attack, which was reportedly taken on March 7 by a photographer at the Crocus City Hall complex.
According to Telegram channel 112, one of the attackers had attended an event at the arena the day before the attack.
According to Meduza, an independent news portal Aagenctvo, 3 of the 4 suspects have been in Russia for several months. S. Fariduni, M. Fayzov and Dalerjon Mirzoyev arrived in Russia a few months ago, but it is still unclear when Saidakrami Rachabalizoda entered the country.
The Izvestia newspaper quoted its sources as saying that two of the suspects received instructions on how to carry out the attack in Turkey, while the others were already recruited in Russia.
One source said the suspects first met 3-4 weeks before the attack.
On Saturday, the director of the Russian FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, informed V. Putin that 11 persons related to the attack had been arrested. A. Bortnikov immediately emphasized that the services continue to work to identify who helped the perpetrators of the act.
The world saw 4 suspects during the court session on Sunday. It is not yet clear whether Russia knows who the other suspects are. This question remains unanswered.
Questions were also raised by a rumor spread on social networks – it was reported that a police K-9 squad van was already parked in the parking lot on the day of the Crocus City Hall attack. On Monday, the spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irina Volk, denied such information.
“The vehicle photographed and filmed is an ambulance,” she said.
The day before, I.Volk published a statement in which he denied that the police did not respond to the warnings.
The police spokeswoman testified that officers arrived at the scene 5 minutes after the attack.
She also commented on a video that appeared on social networks, in which a man and a dog are seen running from the scene after shots were fired.
“The man in the camouflage uniform with the dog has no ties to law enforcement agencies,” she testified.
Telegram channel VChK-OGPU announced that there is a police station near the Crocus City Hall complex.
According to Meduza, Yandex Maps shows that it takes 6 minutes to walk from the station to the arena.
2024-03-28 16:02:44