19 people have been jailed over an attack at a concert hall near Moscow that killed 149 people and left more than 500 injured

About 6,000 people had been at the auditorium in Krasnogorsk for a rock concert on the evening of the attack when gunmen burst into the complex and started shooting randomly

An Islamic State (IS) group affiliate admitted it had carried out the attack and posted video evidence

Military court in Russia Thursday, handed life sentences to four gunmen, Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 34, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, 32, Shamsidin Fariduni, 27, and Mukhammadsobir Faizov, 21 – all citizens of Tajikistan

11 accomplices were also sentenced to life in prison by the military court, after a trial held behind closed doors

Four other defendants were given sentences ranging between 19 and 22 years

About 6,000 people had been at the auditorium in Krasnogorsk on the evening of the attack inside the at Crocus City Concert Hall on the outskirts of Moscow on March 22, 2024

Nineteen people have been jailed over an attack at a concert hall near Moscow that killed 149 people and left more than 500 injured, the deadliest mass shooting in Russia in two decades.
A Russian military court handed life sentences to four gunmen and 11 accomplices. Four other defendants were given between 19 and 22 years.
The attack at Crocus City Concert Hall on the outskirts of Moscow on March 22, 2024 began with gunmen shooting before setting fire to the venue.

The raging inferno seen from the parking lot, near the burning concert venue near the Russian capital. An Islamic State (IS) group affiliate admitted it had carried out the attack and posted video evidence

An Islamic State (IS) group affiliate admitted it had carried out the attack and posted video evidence. Moscow has repeatedly accused Ukraine of involvement – an allegation strenuously denied by Kyiv.
About 6,000 people had been at the auditorium in Krasnogorsk for a rock concert on the evening of the attack when gunmen burst into the complex and started shooting randomly.
The attackers then set fires which engulfed the venue and caused the roof to collapse.
Many of the victims died from bullet wounds and some from smoke inhalation.

149 people were killed and 500 injured in the mass shooting and arson. Emergency workers clear rubble from the fire in daylight

On March 23, Russian authorities announced the arrested of four alleged attackers and seven accomplices.
Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, 30, Shamsidin Fariduni, 25, and 19-year-old Mukhammadsobir Faizov, all identified in Russian media as citizens of Tajikistan were charged with committing a terrorist attack resulting in the death of others at Moscow’s Basmanny District Court.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Suspects accused of shooting and arson at the auditorium in Krasnogorsk, Russia, being manhandled into the Basmanny district court in Moscow, for a hearing on March 24, 2024

Muhammadsobir Fayzov, seen sitting in a medical transport chair behind a glass wall enclosure during a court hearing at the Basmanny district court in Moscow on March 25, 2024, was jailed for life

Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev appeared at the Basmanny district court in Moscow a day earlier on March 24, 2024. He is jailed for life

Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, identified as a shooter in the 2024 massacre, was handed a life sentence by the court in Russia

Shamsidin Faridun, [photo], same as the the other three defendants listed as shooters in the attack is jailed for life

The four men convicted of carrying out the shooting have all been identified as citizens of Tajikistan.
The other 11 who received life sentences were found guilty of helping the gunmen with money and weapons or of having links to terrorist groups.
Four others were jailed for selling a car to the gunmen and helping them rent an apartment.
When the men first appeared in court two years ago, they showed visible signs of having been beaten and one was brought into court in a wheelchair.
It is not clear if the convicted individuals will appeal the sentences, amidst speculations on the likelihood that confessions may have been extracted under duress for a trial that was conducted behind closed door

The team of assassins used the white sedan for their getaway, authorities in Russia said. Four people were jailed for selling a car to the gunmen and helping them rent an apartment.

IS-K, the group which admitted the attack, is an offshoot of IS which seeks to establish a Muslim caliphate across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Iran.
Graphic video released by IS, showing attackers firing on the crowd inside the concert hall, was verified as genuine.
Russian officials have continued to claim that Ukraine was linked to the attack – the neighbour Russia has been at war with since it launched a full-scale invasion in 2022. No evidence has been provided for the claims.
Ukrainian officials fiercely deny any connection.
President Volodymyr Zelensky previously said it was “absolutely predictable” that Russian President Vladimir Putin would blame it on Ukraine.