Intel agencies detain 11 people involved in Crocus City Hall attack

Intelligence agencies have detained 11 people, including four terrorists, who were directly involved in an attack on the Crocus City Hall, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement.

"The activities of intelligence and law enforcement agencies have resulted in the detention of 11 people, including four terrorists, who directly participated in the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall," the statement reads.

Work is underway to identify terrorist accomplices and establish all the circumstances of the attack.

"It has already been established that the terrorist attack was carefully planned. The weapons that the terrorists used had been placed in a cache in advance," the FSB noted.

Suspect in Crocus City Hall shooting attack says he was promised reward of $5,400. The detainee added that half the money had been transferred to his card, while he had been promised he would receive the other half later.

A man detained on suspicion of involvement in the Crocus City Hall attack has said he was promised a reward of 500,000 rubles ($5,400), according to a video posted on RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan’s Telegram channel.

"I shot down people at the Crocus for money; [I was promised] about 500,000," he said.

The detainee added that half the money had been transferred to his card, while he had been promised he would receive the other half later. He lost the card while trying to escape from law enforcement officers.

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