Moscow, March 12, 2026 (AFP) - Russian court jails four gunmen in 2024 concert hall attack for life

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2026-03-12

A Russian court on Thursday sentenced four gunmen -- all Tajik citizens -- to life in prison for the 2024 Crocus concert hall attack, which was the deadliest in Russia in 20 years. Families of some of the 150 people killed in the March 2024 attack -- claimed by Islamic State (IS) -- stood in the grand room of a Moscow court as the judge announced the sentence. The four men looked down from behind a glass cage. bur/tw ...

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