Russia arrests three other people involved in organizing the Moscow attack

He Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia today announced the arrest of three other people involved in organizing the brutal attack committed two weeks ago on the outskirts of Moscowwhich left at least 145 people dead.

“The FSB detained in the cities of Moscow, Yekaterinburg It is Omsk one Russian citizen and two foreigners, all from Central Asiainvolved in the terrorist attack carried out on March 22 in the complex Croco City Hall”, says the statement from the press office of the aforementioned organization.

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The note specifies that “two of the detainees transferred the money to purchase firearms and means of transport used in the attack”.

“The third party directly participated in recruiting accomplices in the terrorist attack and financing its perpetrators.“adds the FSB, highly criticized for its lack of foresight, as well as the other security bodies that were alerted by the USA two weeks in advance of a possible attack on the capital.

In total, 18 people have been arrested so far in connection with the attack, four of them – all Tajiks – for their direct participation in the shootings and explosions that took place in the concert hall.

Although he Islamic state took responsibility for the attack, Kremlin and security forces insist on linking this terrorist act to attacks on the Ukrainian border in recent months, although they have not presented evidence to support this hypothesis.

“Today Ukraine (…) has become an openly terrorist state“he said today Sergei LavrovMinister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, at a meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Moscow.

In the same vein, the Russian president, Vladimir Putinassured on Thursday that “Russia behaves in such a way on the international scene that it can hardly be the target of attack by Islamic fundamentalists.”.

The Washington Post, citing anonymous official sources, reported this week that U.S warned Russia that Crocus Town Hall was one of the possible targets of a jihadist attack.

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Although Foreign Affairs described this news as “disinformation”, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushevassured that “It is most important to determine as quickly as possible who ordered and financed this horrific crime. Their tracks lead to the Ukrainian secret services. But it is known that the Kyiv It is not self-sufficient and is completely controlled by the USA.”.

He also asked to take into account that “he Islamic state, Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations were created by washington”.

The independent press criticized the Kremlin for focusing all its efforts on repressing internal dissent and detractors of the war in Ukraineand forget about the real criminals and threats to the security of the State.

Source: Elcomercio

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