MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. Four perpetrators of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall near Moscow had considered other targets, too, including the Red Square and a synagogue in Moscow’s downtown, Oleg Vlasov, the accused Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev’s lawyer, told TASS.
"They visited the Red Square, were near a synagogue located close to the Chistye Prudy metro station, as well as in the MEGA Belaya Dacha shopping mall. There, they evaluated the situation, considered the possibility of carrying out a terrorist attack in these locations," he said. According to the lawyer, they would also reconnoiter these places before attacking the Crocus mall, so that it would be easier for them to carry out their plan later.
On the evening of March 22, 2024, a terrorist attack was carried out at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow. The attack claimed the lives of 145 people and left 551 more injured. In the morning of the following day, four perpetrators of the attack were detained in the Bryansk Region when heading for the Ukrainian border. Later, their alleged accomplices were detained and taken into custody.