Mastermind told terrorists to go to Kiev after attack – Russian law enforcement

Last week’s Crocus City Hall attack was organized anonymously via social media

Suspects in the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall have testified that their orders came from a mystery man who told them to flee to Ukraine afterwards, the Russian Investigative Committee revealed on Friday.

The Russian authorities detained four suspected perpetrators of last Friday’s attack at the concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow, which claimed 144 lives and left over 200 people hospitalized.

In their initial testimonies and subsequent interrogations, the suspects said the attacks were prepared in coordination with “a man who introduced himself to them under a pseudonym,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement. He communicated with the suspects by voice messages sent over Telegram, it added.

“On the instructions of the coordinator, after committing the crime, the terrorists drove in a car towards the Russian-Ukrainian border to subsequently cross it and arrive in Kiev to receive the promised reward,” the law enforcement agency said.

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