Russia has accused four individuals of carrying out an assault that killed at least 137 people in a music hall in Moscow.
Four were in wheelchairs and three were marched into a Moscow court, bent double. They were all accused of carrying out terrorist acts.
The Islamic State organisation, or IS, released video footage and claimed responsibility for the outburst that occurred outside Crocus City Hall on Friday.
Without providing any proof, Russian officials have asserted that Ukraine was involved. The assertion is deemed "absurd" by Kiev.
The Russian authorities identified the four as Muhammadsobir Fayzov, Shamsidin Fariduni, Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, and Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev.
Three of them were captured on camera being led into the Russian capital's Basmanny district court by police wearing masks.
All of them seem to have been assaulted; sources claim at least one of them received electric shocks. Videos of the gruelling questioning sessions were reportedly released by Russian security services.
The males the court recognised as Rachabalizoda and Mirzoyev had black eyes and a tightly bandaged ear, which was presumably from his ear being partially severed during his detention.
Moreover, Mirzoyev seemed to be wearing a ripped plastic bag around his neck.
The guy identified as Fariduni had a severely swollen face, while the man known as Fayzov, who was wheeled into court in a flimsy medical gown, looked like he was about to pass out.
The news agency Reuters said that he seemed as though one of his eyes was gone.
When they appeared in court, all were escorted into a glass-paneled booth and watched over by cops wearing masks.
In a court statement posted on the messaging app Telegram, it was said that both Mirzoyev and Rachabalizoda had "admitted guilt in full."
The males were recognised as Tajikistani nationals, according to Tass, the official news service of Russia.
The court further stated that all four must remain in pre-trial custody until at least May 22.
On Friday night, four assailants broke into the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, a suburb of northern Moscow, and opened fire on a portion of the about 6,000 attendees of a rock event. Additionally, the assailants started flames that spread across the arena and brought the roof down.
More than 100 people were hurt, according to Russian authorities, and 137 people died.
According to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the guys who appeared in court on Sunday were taken into custody in the Bryansk area around 14 hours after the incident. About 400 kilometres (250 miles) to the southwest of Moscow is Bryansk.
IS has taken responsibility for the incident and made public graphic video showing the assailants shooting at the music hall's audience. The BBC has confirmed that the footage is authentic.
But no Russian official has responded to the allegation; instead, they have suggested, without providing any proof, that Ukraine was aiding the attacks and that Kyiv had "prepared a window" to enable them to cross the border and into Ukrainian territory.
According to his military intelligence directorate, it is "absurd" to assume that the troops were attempting to cross a severely mined border that is teeming with hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers in order to reach safety. On Sunday, Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, dismissed the assertions.
The spokesperson for the US National Security Council, Adrienne Watson,
said that IS was "the only group responsible for this attack." There was absolutely no participation from Ukraine.
Russia has detained seven more persons who are thought to have assisted in the attack.
Russia in IS crosshairs
The US issued a public warning to Russian people after alerting Moscow earlier this month about a potential assault in the nation targeted at big gatherings.
The Kremlin categorically rejected the notice as propaganda and an attempt to rig the country's presidential election.
Following the attack, Washington declared it had no reason to question the IS claim.
This would not be the first time that Russia or its overseas interests have been targeted by IS and its allies.
The organisation claimed to have bombed a Russian jet carrying 224 passengers, the majority of whom were Russian citizens, over Egypt in 2015. It also took credit for the 2017 bombing of the St. Petersburg subway, which left fifteen people dead.
According to security analysts, the organisation views Russia as a top target for a variety of reasons, such as its part in scuttling the Islamic State's base of operations in Syria and maintaining President Bashar al-Assad's authority, Moscow's two bloody wars in the predominantly Muslim republic of Chechnya between 1994 and 2009, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
IS-K's name is derived from an archaic designation for the region, and it mostly operates in Afghanistan and portions of Central Asia.
During the chaotic American pullout in August and September of 2021, this IS branch, which is considered to be one of the most proficient and aggressive, carried several fatal suicide strikes at Kabul airport.
In its propaganda, the branch regularly criticises President Vladimir Putin.
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