Tajikistan detains 9 people over Russian concert shooting: Source

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FILE PHOTO: People line up to lay flowers at a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting attack set up outside the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow Region, Russia, March 24, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

People line up to lay flowers at a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting attack set up outside the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow Region, Russia, March 24, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

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DUSHANBE - Tajikistan's State National Security Committee has detained nine people this week who it believes have links to the Russian concert hall shooting suspects as well as Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), a Tajik security source told Reuters.

All nine people were detained on Monday in the city of Vakhdat and have been brought to the capital, Dushanbe, the source said. REUTERS

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