Neighbors of the alleged Crocus Town Hall killers have revealed that one member of the group was a violent drunk, while another had a budding career as a successful barber.
The revelations come as a father and his two sons were brought before a Moscow court on suspicion of providing terrorists with vehicles and logistical support before the massacre of at least 139 concertgoers.
Shamsidin Fariduni, one of four shooters detained by Moscow security services and the man believed to have recruited the family to help in his nefarious plans, allegedly threatened to attack a dog walker in a fit of rage in state drunk last year.
According to a resident of Podolsk, near Moscow, a drunken Fariduni once almost ran over her while she was walking her dog and began yelling at her.
The resident, who asked to remain anonymous, told Lenta that the 25-year-old approached her and “started talking immediately, asking her what the dog’s name was.”
‘I saw that he was completely drunk and I answered him. I went around the car to continue walking on the other side and he came up to my legs,’ she said, adding that Fariduni then started insulting her and threatening to assault her.
The resident claimed she contacted police to report her concerns about Fariduni, a married man and father of one, but said officers never responded to her.
By contrast, the youngest terrorist, Muhammadsobir Faizov, 19, was described as a successful barber by his neighbors, who reported that he worked in several luxury salons and had built up a group of regular clients in the city of Ivanovo, northeast of Moscow.
Shamsidin Fariduni, suspect in the Crocus City Hall shooting on Friday, sits in a glass cage at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 24, 2024.
Mukhammadsobir Faizov, suspect in Friday’s Crocus City Hall shooting, sits in a glass cage at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, early Monday, March 25, 2024.
Muhammadsobir Faizov, 19, was described by his neighbors as a successful barber
Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev is said to have been an enthusiastic amateur fighter and often trained at a mixed martial arts gym in the city of Novosibirsk.
Isroil Islomov, 62 (above), and his sons Aminchon (left) and Dilovar (left) appeared before Moscow’s Basmanny district court last night after being arrested on suspicion of helping the shooters orchestrate his deadly attack.
A view shows the Crocus City Hall concert hall on fire following the shooting in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 22, 2024.
Ivanovo residents who lived in a five-story apartment block where Faizov was staying described the teenager as a “quiet” person and a hard worker who often worked seven days a week, but who generally kept to himself and did not He spoke Russian fluently.
Meanwhile, Yamina Safieva, the owner of a barbershop that employed Faizov, insisted in comments to RT that the teenager did not arouse suspicion and was a good worker.
But he is now the target of threatening messages after his former employee was arrested in connection with the heinous attack in Moscow.
“We are inundated with terrible messages, people wishing for death and calling me,” he said.
‘I’m pregnant, I don’t know what to do. I’m afraid to go out.’
Russian news site Lenta also reported this morning that Faizov appeared to have shown some remorse for the attack, citing a post shared on a private social media profile that said “I made a mistake, I apologize to everyone, Crokys siti Hall.” MailOnline was unable to verify the post.
A third shooter, Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32, was said to have been an enthusiastic amateur fighter and often trained at a mixed martial arts gym in the city of Novosibirsk.
Mirzoyev, a taxi driver believed to have purchased the car used in the attack on a family member detained by Russian authorities yesterday, was registered with a temporary visa in Novosibirsk until January, but had since been living on an expired residence permit. .
‘(Mirzoyev) lived with me in the same microdistrict, the Zatulinsky residential area (of Novosibirsk). I also went to the Zeus sports club to do MMA,” an anonymous gym member told Lenta, before insisting: “Personally, I didn’t know him, of course.”
The revelations come as Isroil Islomov, 62, and his sons Aminchon and Dilovar appeared at Moscow’s Basmanny District Court last night after being arrested on suspicion of helping the shooters orchestrate their deadly attack.
Dilovar was named as the last owner of the white Renault that the terrorists drove to the concert venue before mowing down hundreds of defenseless civilians with automatic weapons.
The three family members from Tajikistan worked as taxi drivers and bus drivers and were well versed in transportation routes in and around the area.
Aminchon, who has seven children from two marriages at just 33, is believed to have been recruited by gunman Fariduni in January and helped the crew plan their attack.
Dilovar, 25, is said to have joined the terrorist fold earlier this month and provided the car the terrorists used to travel to Crocus Town Hall and subsequently escape.
Both sons are accused of complicity with terrorists, while father Isroil is detained as a suspect.
The three have been detained for two months while investigations continue, along with a fourth detainee, Kyrgyz national Alisher Kasimov, accused of renting an apartment to the men accused of carrying out the attack.
ISIS news agency Amaq published a sickening 90-second selfie video of the attack that is too graphic for MailOnline to share.
Footage from inside the concert hall showed chaos ensuing after gunmen entered the amphitheater and started shooting.
A view of damage to the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow, Russia, after the fire was extinguished following an attack by gunmen on March 23, 2024.
In the attack, four heavily armed terrorists entered the Crocus Town Hall on the western outskirts of Moscow at around 8 pm local time on Friday night.
Massive fire seen above Crocus City Hall in far western Moscow
His arrest comes as Russia’s Health Minister declared that 22 victims of the concert hall attack remain in serious condition in hospital, with the death toll at 139 and counting.
Two of the victims in serious condition are children, Minister Mikhail Murashko said, one of whom was run over by Mirzoyev as the terrorists fled the scene of their heinous crimes.
Friday night’s attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue on Moscow’s western outskirts was one of the deadliest in Russia in years, leaving more than 180 people injured.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared yesterday that the gunmen are “radical Islamists” but reiterated his accusation that Ukraine could have played a role, despite mounting evidence pointing to the involvement of Islamic State affiliate ISIS-K. .
kyiv has strongly denied any link to the attack.
Two days after ISIS-K claimed responsibility, Putin acknowledged during a meeting with government officials that the killings were carried out by extremists “whose ideology the Islamic world has been fighting for centuries,” but He said investigators have not determined who ordered the attack.
He also claimed that “the terrorists, after committing their crime, tried to flee to Ukraine”, suggesting that kyiv had organized a “window” for them to cross the border.