MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. Russia’s Investigative Committee has evidence that the perpetrators of the Crocus City Hall attack received large amounts of money from Ukraine, the committee said in a statement.
"Investigators have verified information that large amounts of money and cryptocurrency that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack received trace back to Ukraine; the funds were used in preparing the crime," the statement reads.
The committee also pointed out that the initial results of the investigation fully confirmed that the actions of the terrorists were carefully planned, while the masterminds of the crime were equally diligent and provided financial support to them. "Investigators’ work with the detained terrorists, the examination of technical equipment that was seized from them and the analysis of information about financial transactions prove their connection to Ukrainian nationalists," the statement said.
On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, just outside the Moscow city limits. As many as 143 people were killed. According to the latest data, some 360 people were injured, 205 of whom received outpatient care. Eleven people suspected of involvement in the terrorist attack have been apprehended, including the four gunmen, who were arrested in the Bryansk Region, southwest of Moscow, as they attempted to flee to Ukraine across the nearby border.
The Investigative Committee also said that another suspect, involved in financing the Crocus City Hall attack, had been identified and investigators would request a court that he be taken into custody.