Nine individuals have been detained by Tajikistan's state security service on suspicion of having contact with the perpetrators of the recent attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that claimed the lives of 144 people. According to reports from Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, the detainees are residents of the Vakhdat district and are believed to have ties to the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall on March 22.
Authorities in Tajikistan, in collaboration with Russian security forces, carried out the operation to apprehend the suspects. The detainees are also under suspicion of having connections with the Islamic State group, as per RIA Novosti.
