Kommersant: The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against employees of Crocus City Hall
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against two employees of the Crocus City Hall concert hall. Kommersant (Kommersant) writes about this.
These employees have been charged with providing services that do not meet safety requirements. Now the suspects are under recognizance not to leave the place; they categorically deny their guilt. The publication notes that the investigation is also not entirely sure of the guilt of the defendants.
The main complaint against the concert hall workers is that the fire exits from the hall were closed, and many spectators were unable to leave the burning building. The accused claim that the fire exits were open, it was just that the escape routes were blocked by terrorists.
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In early April, it was reported that the person in charge of fire safety and the head of the Crocus City Hall fire brigade became involved in a criminal case for negligence. However, Kommersant sources deny this information, claiming that the case was initiated under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Provision of services that do not meet security requirements”). In addition, the publication’s source says that the fire brigade chief was not charged.
The investigation has completed work at the scene of the terrorist attack
Investigative actions at the scene of the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow were completed only on May 25, three months after the terrorist attack and subsequent fire. RT’s law enforcement sources confirmed this information, but they refused to disclose any details.
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As part of the criminal case regarding the terrorist attack in Crocus, more than 20 people were detained, from perpetrators to accomplices. FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov noted that law enforcement officers have identified the entire circle of those involved in the tragedy.
Earlier, Bortnikov said that Ukrainian military intelligence was directly related to the militants’ attack on the concert hall. According to the director of the FSB, the terrorists’ actions were coordinated via the Internet by members of the Vilayat Khorasan group. (belongs to the Afghan wing of the terrorist organization IS banned in the Russian Federation).
Security forces fear for the lives of terrorists in pre-trial detention center
The defendants in the case of a terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow were left in solitary confinement. The Mash Telegram channel found out that security forces fear reprisals against terrorists by suspects in other cases. At first, the defendants in this case were placed in solitary confinement due to quarantine, after which they were to be divided into cells for two and four people. However, law enforcement officers decided not to do this because of possible lynching.
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On May 21, the decisions of the Basmanny District Court came into force to extend until August 22 the arrest of four suspects in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall: Dalerjon Mirzoev, Shamsidin Fariduni, Muhammadsobir Fayzov and Saidakrami Rachabalizode (included by Rosfinmonitoring in the register of terrorists and extremists). The defendants’ lawyers did not file an appeal.
More than 1.6 billion rubles have been collected to the Russian Red Cross Foundation to help the families of those killed and injured as a result of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, said the head of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov. The governor thanked everyone who cared and recalled that the tragedy claimed the lives of 145 people and injured another 551.
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