Islamic State affiliate group have claimed responsibility, though Russian investigators have sought to blame Ukraine
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Nineteen people, among them the four suspected gunmen, went on trial in Moscow on Monday over a concert hall attack that claimed 149 lives, one of the worst terrorist attacks in modern Russia.
Four armed men from the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan allegedly stormed the Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow on 22 March last year, opening fire and then setting the building alight, injuring hundreds of people.
Isis-K, the Islamic State affiliate active in central and south Asia, claimed responsibility for the attack. Moscow, however, has alleged – without presenting credible evidence – that the attack was carried out “in the interests” of Ukraine.
