According to the same source, police stopped the fleeing vehicle near the town of Jutsan, 340 kilometers southwest of Moscow, and found a handgun, a charger for an assault weapon and a passport to Tajikistan inside, Russian agency Tass reported. .
A white Renault vehicle matched the initial description given by authorities of the getaway car allegedly responsible for the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue.
Immediately after the announcement, the Tajik Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on social media that it had not received confirmation from Russian authorities about the attackers' nationality and asked the public to wait for official identity verification. telegram.
“It should be taken into account that the dissemination of unconfirmed and untrustworthy information may harm citizens of Tajikistan who are currently outside the country,” the Tajik government stressed.
The Kremlin announced that 11 people had been arrested, including four of the attackers.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested 11 people in connection with an attack on a concert hall near Moscow.
FSB director Alexander Bordnikov informed Russian President Vladimir Putin that those arrested included four terrorists who personally participated in the attack, the news agency reported.