According to reports, blood samples from the four suspects in last week's terrorist attack at a Russian music hall showed traces of a drug that makes people less afraid.
The online news site Baza made the claim on Thursday, citing an unnamed person who said they had inside information about the investigation into the Crocus City Hall shooting.
Police caught four suspects hours after the attack that killed more than 140 people. According to Baza, all of them had a drug in their blood that "changes perception of reality." It is known that they took the unknown drug before the shooting and fire.
Some of the people in the group had been to the music venue at least three times before last Friday's attack, on March 7, 10, and 14. The news had said before that one of the men was seen on the property on March 7. Baza says that someone else made the other two trips.
According to reports, investigators have also found the gas station where the group refueled their car the day before the attack. They drove the same car to Crocus City Hall and the same car to leave about 15 minutes later.
Russian police caught them in the Bryansk Region. They supposedly tried to cross the border into Ukraine to get away from the police and possibly get "a heroes' welcome," as Aleksandr Bortnikov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), said.
Russian officials say the people who are suspected of doing this are extreme Islamists who were recruited through an online chat that was run by an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) branch in Afghanistan.
Investigators think that someone else, like the Ukrainian secret service, may have been behind the plan, even though the group said they were responsible for the terrorist act.
The online news site Baza made the claim on Thursday, citing an unnamed person who said they had inside information about the investigation into the Crocus City Hall shooting.
Police caught four suspects hours after the attack that killed more than 140 people. According to Baza, all of them had a drug in their blood that "changes perception of reality." It is known that they took the unknown drug before the shooting and fire.
Some of the people in the group had been to the music venue at least three times before last Friday's attack, on March 7, 10, and 14. The news had said before that one of the men was seen on the property on March 7. Baza says that someone else made the other two trips.
According to reports, investigators have also found the gas station where the group refueled their car the day before the attack. They drove the same car to Crocus City Hall and the same car to leave about 15 minutes later.
Russian police caught them in the Bryansk Region. They supposedly tried to cross the border into Ukraine to get away from the police and possibly get "a heroes' welcome," as Aleksandr Bortnikov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), said.
Russian officials say the people who are suspected of doing this are extreme Islamists who were recruited through an online chat that was run by an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) branch in Afghanistan.
Investigators think that someone else, like the Ukrainian secret service, may have been behind the plan, even though the group said they were responsible for the terrorist act.
