Vladimir Putin indicated this Monday evening that the attack near Moscow, which left at least 137 dead Friday evening in a concert hall, had been committed by
“radical Islamists”
.
He added that the attackers were fleeing to Ukraine and wants to know
'why'
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This weekend, Vladimir Putin and his powerful security services, the FSB, did not mention any jihadist involvement either, alluding to a Ukrainian trail vigorously denied by kyiv and the West.
Custody
Three days after the tragedy, many questions remain unanswered, particularly regarding the identity and motivations of the four main suspects.
The latter, at least one of whom is from Tajikistan in Central Asia, have already been placed in pre-trial detention until May 22.
They face a life sentence.
After brief hearings, three other suspects were remanded in custody on Monday until the same date.
According to the Ria Novosti news agency, it concerns a father and two of his sons, one of whom, born in Tajikistan, has Russian nationality.
Russian authorities announced on Saturday that they had arrested a total of eleven people and did not immediately confirm that these three suspects were among them.