"A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced 15 men to life in prison over the 2024 Crocus City Hall massacre that killed 150 people, the deadliest terror attack in the country in more than two decades. The incident, which targeted a sold-out concert venue, was later claimed by the 'Islamic State.' Among those given life sentences were the four gunmen all Tajik citizens who carried out the assault, opened fire on the crowd and then set the building on fire."
"The March 2024 attack on the Moscow concert hall was the country's worst since the 2004 siege of a school in Beslan. The gunmen entered the concert hall shortly before a performance by the Soviet-era rock band Picnic. They opened fire on concertgoers and then set the building ablaze, trapping many inside. More than 600 people were wounded. Six of those killed were children."
"Eleven others, including some Russian citizens, were also sentenced to life as accomplices with terrorist links. Those tried alongside them included three men who sold the gunmen a car, a landlord who rented them an apartment and 10 others accused of terrorist ties, according to the independent Russian news site Mediazona."
In March 2024, gunmen attacked a sold-out concert venue in Moscow, killing 150 people and wounding over 600 in the deadliest terror attack in Russia in more than two decades. Four Tajik gunmen entered the concert hall, opened fire on concertgoers, and set the building ablaze. The Islamic State later claimed responsibility. A Moscow court sentenced all four gunmen to life imprisonment, along with eleven accomplices including Russian citizens with terrorist ties. Additional defendants received sentences ranging from 19 to 22 years. The attack occurred at a concert hall west of the Kremlin during a performance by the Soviet-era rock band Picnic.
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