Russian Interior Ministry denies information that “Crocus City Hall” terrorists are Russian citizens

The Russian Interior Ministry announced that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack that targeted the Crocus Mall near the capital, Moscow, were foreigners and that no Russian citizens were among them.

“In a number of telegram channels and social networks today, there were allegations that four suspects of the terrorist attack on 22 March at the Crocus City Hall, who fled in a Renault Logan car and were subsequently detained in the Bryansk region, are Russian citizens. This information does not correspond to reality. They are all foreign nationals” The official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry, Irina Volk said in a statement. .

“At present, the migration units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, in cooperation with colleagues from the Federal Security Service of Russia, are carefully checking the grounds and finding out the duration of stay of each of the detainees on the territory of the Russian Federation, establishing the addresses of actual residence, as well as other relevant circumstances” she added.

The Russian Federal Security Service announced the arrest of 11 people who were trying to flee to Ukrainian territory, including 4 terrorists who directly participated in the terrorist attack on the Crocus Mall in the capital, Moscow, which claimed the lives of 133 people.

Rawaa Ghanam