Moscow (Web Desk): Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed at least 137 people in a concert hall near Moscow on Friday, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee said its preliminary findings were that the terrorists had used automatic weapons and flammable liquid to start the fire. There had been earlier reports that explosives were used.
The Kremlin said the head of the FSB security service had informed President Vladimir Putin about the arrests on Saturday.
“FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov reported to the president on the detention of 11 people, including four terrorists involved in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall,” it said in a statement.
Russian police have detained two people suspected of carrying out the Moscow attack, a Russian lawmaker said.
The suspects were arrested in Bryansk region, some 340km (210 miles) south-west of Moscow, following a car chase, said lawmaker Alexnader Khinshtein, citing “preliminary information”.
