Russia arrest three men who allegedly massacred over 140 fun-lovers at music concert in Moscow
They confessed ISIS paid them money to carry out the attack
There are trending video clips showing the moment the three men who were responsible for the attack at the Crocus City Hall on Friday, were interrogated by Russian soldiers.
A video shows one of the suspects shaking on his knees, with his hands bound behind his back, apparently confessing to carrying out the massacre, which left more than 140 people dead.
He was reportedly filmed while being held in the Bryansk region after he was found hiding in a tree while trying to flee to Ukraine.
Ukraine has vehemently denied any role in the bloodbath.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the massacre, which they have said came ‘within the context of a raging war between the Islamic State and countries fighting Islam’.
The suspect who is shaking with his hands bound behind his back is asked:
‘Exactly what was offered?’, to which he replies: ‘To do these things for money’.
The interrogation continues: ‘Which things? What exactly?’. He replies: ‘These things, to kill.’
A soldier then asks: ‘To kill who?’. He responds: ‘They sent the location [on the Telegram messenger].’
The man goes on to say that he was told to walk into the venue and kill anyone, no matter who they were.
He said he had flown from Turkey on March 4 and had received instructions from unknown people via Telegram to carry out the attack in exchange for one million roubles [£8,600].
He claimed he had followed a presumably Muslim ‘preacher’ on Telegram. He gave his name as Fariduni Shamsidin.
He said: ‘I listened to lessons, studied on Telegram. The preacher’s assistant suggested killing people, and promised me a million rubles.’
He claimed not to know the name of the preacher’s assistant who had ordered the killings.
The man was initially shown lying on his stomach with his hands bound behind his back, his chin resting on the boot of a figure in camouflage uniform
A second video shows one of the detainees, whose face appears to be covered in blood, being carried along a path by men wearing military equipment
Another detained suspect said he had been promised 500,000 roubles [£4,300] for carrying out the act, and had received 250,000 roubles [£2,150] in an advance payment.
He added that more money was for ‘expenses’. ‘They delivered the weapons themselves,’ he said.
The orders came by Telegram messenger to kill people – ‘it doesn’t matter who’, he said. He added: ‘They gave me the location of the attack.’
A third man is seen in another video with his hands tied behind his back while sitting barefoot on a blue bench.
The group en route to Ukraine were reportedly apprehended by Chechen fighters loyal to close Putin ally and warlord Ramzan Kadyrov.
Kadyrov said: ‘Chechen fighters arrived at the given coordinates to the place where they were searching for terrorists around 3am and immediately began combing the area together with the FSB [special forces] and soldiers of the Leningrad Military District.
‘They successfully completed their task of capturing the killers alive, despite the risks.’
Another of the suspects, Ruslan Nazarov, reportedly went to see police of his own volition to say that he had been in Samara at the time of the terrorist attack. He may have been a previous owner of the Renault.
Two helicopters and eight drones were scrambled in the Bryansk region to search for the fugitives, reported SHOT.
