US EditionRussia jails for life Islamic State-linked Tajiks over concert hall attack that killed 149
Fifteen people, including four Tajik gunmen, were sentenced to life for the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack that killed 149 and wounded over 600, Russia's military court ruled.
- On Thursday, March 12, 2026, a Russian military court sentenced 19 individuals for the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack, imposing life terms on 15 defendants including four gunmen from Tajikistan for the massacre that killed 149 people.
- The March 22, 2024, assault, claimed by the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State , killed 149 people and wounded over 600; Russian officials allege Ukrainian involvement in the planning without providing evidence.
- Defendants appeared in court with signs of severe beatings, raising concerns about trial fairness. Two convicted accomplices requested to fight in Ukraine instead of serving life sentences.
- Families of victims attended the verdict; some expressed satisfaction with the convictions. A representative reported that one survivor recently committed suicide, struggling with severe mental health issues since the attack.
- Tougher anti-migrant laws and rhetoric followed the tragedy, straining relations with Central Asian governments. Moscow continues to recruit prisoners for its military campaign, offering sentence buy-outs to those surviving combat.
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Russian Court Sentences 19 in Moscow Concert Hall Terror Attack That Left 149 Dead
Nineteen people were convicted in a Moscow court on Thursday for their roles in the deadly 2024 attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue, where four gunmen opened fire on concertgoers before setting the building ablaze, killing 149 people and injuring more than 600 in one of Russia’s deadliest terror incidents in decades. The Islamic State claimed responsibility, and U.S. officials later attributed the assault to ISIS‑K, a regional affilia…
Terrorist Shamsidin Faridunis, 27, was tasked with mowing down as many concertgoers as possible with his automatic weapon. Dalerdzhon Mirzojevs, 34, was tasked with murdering those who survived the bullets with a knife. Today, they were sentenced along with eleven others involved in the terrorist attack that claimed 147 lives two years ago.
A total of 19 defendants were sentenced. In March 2024, 149 people died and hundreds were injured in an attack on a concert hall.
Russia Jails 19 Over Moscow Concert Hall Attack
How does a country respond to one of the deadliest terror attacks in its recent history? In Russia, the answer has now come in the form of harsh prison sentences.A military court has jailed 19 people for their roles in the devastating 2024 attack at the Crocus City Concert Hall near Moscow. The assault left 149 people dead and more than 500 injured, making it the worst mass shooting in the country in two decades.The attack unfolded on 22 March 2…
The 4 assailants and 11 accomplices of the jihadist attack at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow were sentenced to life imprisonment, causing 149 deaths and 600 wounded. The attack was consumed on March 22, 2024: four men had entered the hall just before the start of a rock concert of the Picnic group and had opened fire against the crowd: 47 people were killed directly by gunshots. The bombers had then set fire to the building, closing many people …
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According to the investigation, all members belonged to the Islamic State of Khorasan, while voices in the Duma called for the restoration of the death penalty
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