INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A ninth suspect in the deadly Moscow region concert hall attack has been placed in pre-trial detention on terrorism charges, the court
pleaded guilty to some of the charges, his lawyertold state media without clarifying whether he was accused of more crimes in addition to
for accomplices.Another Moscow court had reportedly ordered on Monday to place him under arrest for 15 days on charges of petty
hooliganism.Russian authorities said Saturday that 11 people, including four gunmen, had been arrested on terrorism charges
It was not immediately clear whether the financier and Lutfulloi were the same person.Interfax, citing court documents, described Lutfulloi
as unemployed, having a degree in higher education, registered in Tajikistan and temporarily living at a hostel on the east side of
Moscow.Islamic State affiliate ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the Crocus City Hall massacre, in which at least 144 people were killed and
382 others were wounded.Moscow has blamed radical Islamists, Ukraine and its Western allies for the deadliest attack in Russia since the
2004 Beslan school siege.Russia's Investigative Committee has said it has evidence that "Ukrainian nationalists" were behind the attack and
had funded the gunmen with cryptocurrency payments from Ukraine.It did not provide details of the allegations.On Friday, it claimed the
attackers had received orders from an unidentified coordinator via the Telegram messaging app, and that the gunmen had planned to flee to
Ukraine to collect a reward.AFP contributed reporting.
