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DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Nine people suspected of links to the Islamic State (IS) group were arrested on Monday in Tajikistan as part of the investigation into the deadly attack in Moscow, a Tajik security source told Reuters on Friday .
The four suspected shooters who carried out the assault last Friday on the Crocus City Hall, a concert hall in the suburbs of Moscow, are of Tajik origin. They were arrested by Russian security forces along with seven other suspects.
The suspects arrested in Tajikistan were arrested in the town of Vakhdat and were transferred to Dushanbe, the capital, the source told Reuters, without further details.
The Moscow attack, claimed by the Afghan branch of ISIS, left at least 143 dead.
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The Russian investigative committee said Thursday it had “evidence” that the perpetrators of the attack were linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”, which Kyiv categorically denies.
(Reporting by Nazarali Pirnazarov, written by Olzhas Auyezov, French version by Sophie Louet, edited by Kate Entringer)
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