Four men with signs of severe beating charged with terrorism by Moscow court in Crocus City Hall case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has ordered four defendants in the case of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall to be held in pre-trial custody until May 22, according to a statement issued by the court’s press service.

The four men were identified as Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, 30, Shamsidin Fariduni, 25, and Mukhammadsobir Faizov, 19.

In court, Mirzoyev, Rachabalizoda and Fariduni showed signs of severe bruising, including swollen faces, while Faizov was brought to court from a hospital in a wheelchair and sat with his eyes closed throughout the proceedings. Medics attended to him in court, where he wore a hospital gown and trousers and had multiple cuts.

Rachabalizoda also had a heavily bandaged ear.

On Saturday, a video depicting the Russian security services torturing a Crocus City Hall terrorism suspect — and cutting off his ear — made the rounds on social media.

In the footage, an man in camouflage forcefully pins the detained suspect, who is lying on his stomach, to the ground with a knee while forcibly placing a piece of the severed ear into his mouth.