Four perpetrators of the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall concert hall – Shamsidin Fariduni, Dalerjon Mirzoyev, Machammadsobir Faizov and Saidakram Rachabolizoda – were sentenced to life imprisonment. The decision was made by the panel of judges of the 2nd Western District Military Court.
For the first 16-18 years, the convicts will serve their sentence in prison, and then they will be transferred to a maximum security penal colony. The court also imposed a fine of 990,000 rubles [ponad 46 tys. zł] for each of them.
Attack at Crocus City Hall. Life imprisonment not only for direct perpetrators
Eleven accomplices of the attackers also received life sentences. According to the findings of the investigation, they provided the attackers with money and weapons. The owner of the apartment that the terrorists rented, Alisher Kasimov, was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison. Three more defendants – Dilovar Islomov, his father Isroil and brother Aminchon – who sold the car to the terrorists received 19 years and 11 months in a colony each.
How many people were sentenced to life imprisonment?
What happened at Crocus City Hall?
What punishment was imposed on Alisher Kasimov?
Who was the organizer of the attack?
The court trial began in early August 2025 and took place behind closed doors. The case files number approximately 478 volumes. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced on March 12 that it was still investigating six people linked to the attack, including two organizers, and, in consultation with other countries, was trying to determine their whereabouts.
Attack in Moscow. They opened fire on the concert participants
The attack in the “Crocus City Hall” took place on March 22, 2024. A group of armed attackers broke into the building just before the performance of the “Piknik” band, opened fire on the concert participants, and then set the hall on fire. According to the Investigative Committee, 149 people died as a result of the attack, including six children, and over 600 were injured. The perpetrators fled the scene and were arrested only the next day in the Bryansk region; all of them turned out to be citizens of Tajikistan.
The Afghan cell of the terrorist organization “Islamic State – Khorasan Province” took responsibility for the attack. At the same time, Russian investigators stated that the group's attack was organized “in the interests of the current Ukrainian authorities” in order to “destabilize the political situation” in Russia. In Kiev, any connection with the attack was denied.
On March 7, 2024, the U.S. Embassy in Russia publicly warned of the threat of extremist attacks in Moscow, including on concert halls. However, President Vladimir Putin described the warnings as a “provocation”, “open blackmail” and an attempt to “destabilize society”.
