Russia parades 3 more terror suspects from ISIS cell behind Moscow massacre as they ‘planned to help gunmen escape’
RUSSIA has arrested and paraded three more terror suspects said to be behind the Moscow concert hall massacre that left 139 dead.
Two brothers, Aminchon and Dilovar Islomov, and their father Isroil are accused of aiding and abetting terrorism.
The three men were dragged into glass cages as a court ordered them to be placed in pre-trial detention until late May.
Russia claims that Dilovar, 24, was the owner of the white Renault car that the four shooters used to flee the scene and were caught in on Saturday.
However, Dilovar claims that he sold the car a week before the attack, reports independent Russian outlet Novaya Gazeta.
“I was shocked when I saw photographs [of the car at the crime scene],” he was quoted as saying.
An unnamed relative told the outlet that the three men, who all worked in northwestern Russia’s Tver region, had contacted the police themselves.
Aminchon reportedly denied any role in the attack in court.
A barbaric ISIS splinter cell operating in Afghanistan, known as ISIS-K, has claimed responsibility for the terror attack last Friday night - the worst to hit Russia in 20 years.
Vladimir Putin declared Sunday a national day of mourning and on Monday the death toll was raised to 139 with over 180 wounded.
Russian authorities confirmed that the four alleged shooters detained on Saturday are from Tajikistan, and added that the other seven suspects are all foreign nationals.
The four "direct" suspects, who have been named as Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, 30, Mukhammadsobir Fayzov, 19, and Shamsidin Fariduni, 25, have been charged with terrorism.
They were hauled into court with cuts and bruises, one without ear and another unconscious in a wheelchair.
Late on Friday, the four men are accused of storming Crocus City Hall and opened fire on the crowd before setting the venue ablaze as they screamed "kill them all".
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