9 people arrested in Tajikistan on Crocus City Hall case

Nine residents of a Dushanbe suburb have been arrested for their connection with the perpetrators of the terror attack that took place on March 22 at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, RIA Novosti reports, quoting its source in the Tajikistan intelligence agency.

“Nine residents of Vakhdat district have been arrested for their connection with the people who committed a terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall on March 22,” the agency’s representative said.

The arrested people are also suspected of being related to the Islamic State.

The terrorists were recruited through the Tajik Telegram channel “Voice of Khorasan”, led by the Afghan wing of the terrorist group Islamic State.