The four alleged perpetrators of the attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow, which killed 137 people, have been placed in pre-trial detention for two months by a court in the Russian capital.
The four are accused of "terrorism" and face life imprisonment, the Basmanny court in Moscow said in a statement.
Their pre-trial detention, set until May 22, may be extended pending trial, the date of which has not yet been set.
The court's decision was announced after the investigative commission charged two alleged participants in the concert hall attack with terrorism.
The accused, according to Tass, are Rachabalizoda Saidakrami Murodali and Mirzoev Dalerjon Barotovich, charged under Article 205, Part 3, paragraph "b" (terrorist attack by a group of persons resulting in the death of an individual) ", said the court press service. The two face life imprisonment.
Furthermore, the Moscow court arrested the first person involved in the Crocus terrorist attack case, Dalerjon Mirzoev.
This was reported by a Ria Novosti correspondent.
"The request by the prosecutor has been fulfilled and Mirzoev is placed in detention as a preventive measure," announced judge Elena Lenskaja.
Mirzoev admitted his guilt.
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As for Shamsidin Fariduni, the fourth person involved in the terrorist attack, according to Ria Novosti the court decided to examine his case behind closed doors, due to the need to protect the secrecy of the investigation and the information on the participants in the trial.
The fourth defendant was brought into the courtroom in a wheelchair and was also accompanied by a doctor, the Russian agency reports.
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