{"id":75555,"date":"2024-03-26T09:16:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T09:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bruised-battered-moscow-suspects-paraded-in-court\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T09:16:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T09:16:14","slug":"bruised-battered-moscow-suspects-paraded-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bruised-battered-moscow-suspects-paraded-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bruised, battered\u2019 Moscow suspects paraded in court"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A suspect in the shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue is led to court by security personnel, ahead of a hearing in Moscow, on Monday.\u2014Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Seven booked on terror charges
\u2022 Putin blames \u2018Muslim extremists\u2019, insinuates link to Ukraine
\u2022 Macron says IS-K plotted to attack France, too<\/strong><\/p>\n

MOSCOW: Russia has ordered at least seven men, accused of killing<\/a> at least 137 people in a massacre at a concert hall in the Russian capital, to be held on \u201cterror\u201d charges, even as the death toll is expected to climb.<\/p>\n

The men face life in prison, although Russian officials have clamoured for the lifting of a moratorium on the death penalty to deliver even harsher sentences.<\/p>\n

In a series of late-night court hearings in Moscow that ran into the early hours of Monday, four of the men<\/a> \u2014 with bruises and cuts over their faces \u2014 were dragged into the court in front of dozens of reporters who had assembled at the capital\u2019s Basmanny district court.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s FSB said it had detained a total of 11 people. Security service officers wheeled one in to the hearing on a medical gurney, following reports and videos on Russian social media of bloody interrogations after the men were arrested on Saturday.<\/p>\n

One of the suspects was shown having part of his ear cut off and stuffed into his mouth.<\/p>\n

Another was shown with his hands tied and his hair held by an interrogator, a black boot beneath his head. Another was questioned in a hospital bed.<\/p>\n

When they appeared in court on Sunday night, one had a bandage over his ear, another had a bruised face and another was shown in hospital robes.<\/p>\n

Later on Monday, Russian news agencies citing court press officers said that three more men had been charged with terrorism and were being held until May 22.<\/p>\n

Putin plays down IS link<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although the West has pinned the attack on the self-styled militant group, the Islamic State (IS), following a claim from the group, President Vladimir Putin made no mention<\/a> of its involvement, instead insinuating a link to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that the crime was committed by the hands of [extremist Muslims], whose ideology the Islamic world itself has been fighting for centuries,\u201d Putin said in a televised meeting. He said the four attackers \u201ctried to escape and were travelling towards Ukraine\u201d where \u201ca window\u201d had been prepared for them to cross the border.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin said on Monday that no country was immune to terrorism when asked if there had been a major failure by security services in preventing Friday\u2019s deadly attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, our world shows that no city, no country can be completely immune from the threat of terrorism,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmi\u00adtry Peskov said on Monday.<\/p>\n

But even Western experts aren\u2019t clear why the IS would attack Russia now. Putin changed the course of the Syrian civil war by intervening in 2015, supporting President Bashar al-Assad against the opposition and Islamic State.<\/p>\n

Russia, along with the United States and Syrian forces, played a major role in defeating Islamic State in Syria. Driven out of Syria, its fighters scattered and different branches emerged, including IS-Khorasan, which is active in both Afghanistan and Pakistan as well.<\/p>\n

French President Emm\u00adanuel Macron said on Monday that the IS-K had also sought to attack France.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis particular group made several attempts (at attacks) on our own soil,\u201d Macron told reporters after arriving on a trip to the French South Ameri\u00adcan region of French Guiana.<\/p>\n

Moment of silence<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the UN Security Council meeting, a minute of silence was observed on Monday to mourn victims of the Moscow attack. The representative of Japan, the current president of the 15-nation body, asked all members to stand to pay their respects at the start of a session on the Gaza conflict. Across the world, people left floral tributes outside Russian embassies.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, March 26th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A suspect in the shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue is led to court by security personnel, ahead of a hearing in Moscow, on Monday.\u2014Reuters \u2022 Seven booked on terror charges\u2022 Putin blames \u2018Muslim extremists\u2019, insinuates link to Ukraine\u2022 Macron says IS-K plotted to attack France, too MOSCOW: Russia has ordered at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/03\/26073737852f798.png?r=073834","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t