Terrorist attack in Russia: Putin briefed on detention of 11 suspects with "ties in Ukraine"

The head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has reported to Vladimir Putin that 11 people have been arrested who supposedly took part in the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall near Moscow and were travelling towards Ukraine. It also became known that the United States had indeed warned Russia about the preparation of terrorist attacks in Moscow.

Source: The Kremlin, quoted by RIA Novosti, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet

Details: It is noted that Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the FSB, reported to Putin that 11 people, including all four terrorists who supposedly directly participated in the attack in the Crocus, had been detained.

Telegram channels posted a photo of one of the detainees. Early reports indicate that this is Muhammadzobir Faizov, a 19-year-old native of Dushanbe.

He reportedly sustained a wound to his left eye during his arrest and is currently undergoing surgery.

Four people were purportedly detained in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast "near the border with Ukraine".

Meanwhile, 93 people are known to have been killed in the attack, and the death toll may increase. Early reports indicate that the causes of death were gunshot wounds and poisoning from the products of combustion.

The media, citing the Russian secret services, confirmed that the US had received information about the preparation of terrorist attacks in Moscow.

Updated: Later, the FSB said that after the attack, the perpetrators "intended to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side".

Background:

• A shooting incident occurred prior to a concert by the band Piknik at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, on the evening of 22 March. Early reports said at least 40 people were killed and 130 injured.
• Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) stated that the terrorist attack was a deliberate provocation by Putin’s regime that had been anticipated by the international community.
• The White House said it saw no evidence of any Ukrainian involvement in the attack, which has claimed the lives of dozens of people.
• Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, stated that Ukraine had nothing to do with the attack.

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