The inhabitants of Ingushetia were accused of complicity of a terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall

In Ingushetia, two people were detained and one was killed. According to investigators, they supplied terrorists with a weapon to carry out a terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall. Two more alleged accomplices are put on the wanted list.

According to investigators, the suspects are members of the Batalhaja clan (the battle wing of the formation was recognized in Russia with an extremist organization). Special services are also checked for involvement in the Batalhaji terrorist attack, which are hidden in Ukraine and Turkey.

In March, four men were detained in Dagestan, who were also accused of financing the terrorist attack of Crocus. According to the security forces, they also planned to blow up the embankment and the city park in Kaspiysk and go beyond the borders of the Russian Federation.

On March 22, terrorists attacked the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk near Moscow. 144 people were killed, most of them suffocated with carbon monoxide in a fire due to blocking the evacuation exits. Now 10 people are arrested suspected of involvement in the attack.

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