Russia’s Investigative Committee said Thursday it had found evidence connecting gunmen who killed more than 140 people in an attack on a concert theater last week to “Ukrainian nationalists.”
The committee arrested another possible person involved in the attack last Friday at the Crocus City Hall concert hall, on the outskirts of Moscow, which left at least 143 dead, which “participated in the financing of terrorists”says the official note, says Efe.
The White House today described the Russian leaders as “garbage sellers” for trying to link Ukraine to the recent deadly attack that was claimed by the Islamic State group, according to Afp.
“My uncle used to say… that the best manure sellers often carry their samples in their mouths. Russian officials seem to be pretty good manure sellers,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. , denouncing a “nonsense propaganda” by Russia.
In a statement, Russia’s Investigative Committee said the attackers had received significant sums of cash and cryptocurrencies from Ukraine, Reuters reports.
“Another suspect who participated in the financing of terrorists has been identified and detained,” says the official note from the Russian Investigative Committee.
The investigators will ask the court for arrest of suspect he adds.
According to the aforementioned Committee, Russia has at its disposal “confirmed data” that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack received “significant amounts of money and cryptocurrencies from Ukraine” that were used in the preparation of the crime.
Evidence of the connection of the perpetrators of the attack on the Moscow concert hall with Ukrainian nationalists was obtained “as result of work with detained terrorists the study of technical devices that were seized from them and the analysis of information about their financial transactions“, according to Efe.
This week, the Justice Department already ruled preventive detention for eight other suspects involved in the attack.
The suspects in the crime were charged with terrorism charges and could face life in prison.
According to the latest official data, the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert hall, 20 kilometers from the center of Moscow, has left at least 143 dead and more than 150 hospitalized, according to the latest data.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) previously reported the arrest of eleven people in connection with the attack, including four terrorists who directly participated in the attack.
The suspects, who offered resistance, were detained on a road in the Bryansk region, bordering Ukraine, where they allegedly intended to escape.
Russia has admitted that the attack on the outskirts of Moscow was carried out by Islamists but insists on looking for a “Ukrainian footprint.”
Ukraine has categorically denied having anything to do with the attack, the deadliest in Russia in 20 years.