Russia to start trial of suspects in Moscow concert hall attack

MOSCOW: The trial opens in Moscow on Monday of 19 people accused of involvement in an attack on a Moscow concert hall last year that killed 149 people. Armed men stormed the Crocus City Hall music venue on March 22 last year, opening fire and then setting the building alight in what was one of the deadliest attacks in Russia’s history. Hundreds of people were injured. The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility. The four suspected attackers, all from Tajikistan — an ex-Soviet republic in Central Asia — and another 15 people accused of being accomplices were expected to go on trial.

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