(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 23. The suspect in the
shooting at Crocus City Hall said that he was offered 500,000
rubles ($5,418) for the attack, Trend reports, referring to the
video of his interrogation published on social networks.
"I shot and killed people iat Crocus. For money, somewhere
around 500,000 rubles," he said.
The detainee further stated that half of the money was
transferred to his bank card, with the second half promised to be
transferred later. He misplaced the card while fleeing from law
enforcement authorities through the wilderness.
To note, the incident unfolded when unidentified individuals
began shooting at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow,
prompting evacuations, according to reports from Russian
operational services.
Eyewitnesses reported that people dressed in camouflage attire
fired shots from machine guns inside Crocus City Hall, just before
the scheduled concert by the Picnic group.
Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia Alexander
Bortnikov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the
detention of 11 people, including four terrorists involved in the
attack at Crocus City Hall.
According to the Investigative Committee of Russia, the death
toll in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall has risen to 115
people.
The preliminary causes of death at Crocus Hall were gunshot
wounds and poisoning from combustion products. The terrorists set
fire to combustible liquid, which caused a fire to break out on the
Crocus Hall grounds.
During the attack, the terrorists employed automatic guns. The
guns were located by the investigators.
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