Harrowing footage appears to show Russian forces torturing suspects in the Moscow concert hall terror attack — with one fed his own ear and another writhing in agony from electric shocks to his genitals – as senators warn ISIS-K could target Americans.
Footage circulated online appears to show members of the security forces cutting off the ear of one of the suspects in the attack that killed more than 130 people — and then stuffing it in his mouth, according to the Guardian.
One of the suspects was later seen in court with a huge bandage covering his ear area.
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Another appears to show security forces beating suspects with rifle butts and kicking one as he lay in the snow.
Photographs posted on Telegram also appeared to show one of the suspected terrorists with his pants down and a wire attached to his groin, Ukrainska Pravda reports.
The wire delivered 80 volts of electricity to the man’s genital area as water was poured on the suspect’s head to intensify the effects, according to a description provided by the Grey Zone Telegram Channel.
Some of the suspects were later seen in a Russian court Sunday showing clear signs of injury, including swollen faces and cuts and bruises.
One suspect, Mukhammadsobir Faizov, 19, was even brought into the courthouse in a wheelchair and seemed barely conscious throughout the entire proceeding.
He was attended by medics in court, and was wearing a hospital gown and pants, and was seen with multiple cuts.
Another suspect, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, 30, was seen with a bandage around his ear, while a third entered the courthouse with a blindfold — and when authorities took off the blindfold, a black eye was clearly visible.
A court statement said Rachabalizoda and another suspect, Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32, pleaded guilty to participating in the terrorist attack.
Rachabalizoda, Mirzoyev, Faizov and Shamsidin Fariduni, 25, were arrested in connection with the terrorist attack on Saturday and were charged with committing a group terrorist attack resulting in the deaths of others, according to the Guardian.
They were caught in the southern Bryansk region, where authorities said they disabled their vehicle and then apprehended the suspects as they fled into a nearby forest.
Seven others were also detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced over the weekend.
The Islamic State-Khorasanm also known as ISIS-K, took responsibility for the attack, sharing video showing gunmen in military uniforms shooting screaming civilians with automatic weapons as others ducked for cover at the Crocus City Hall, where Russian rock band Picnic was about to take the stage for a sold-out show.
Following the attack in Moscow, several US Republican senators said they were worried that the terror group could come to target Americans.
“I think common sense tells you if they run a trafficking network of people that would most certainly use it to move operatives into the United States,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told ABC’s “This Week.”
Rubio, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, added, “I’m not claiming there’s an imminent threat to the US, but I am saying that the border situation and the existence of that network is a threat to the United States. If they could do what they did in Moscow in the United States, they would do it in a heartbeat.”
Rubio’s concerns were echoed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who said that US citizens living overseas could be targeted by the ISIS affiliate.
“We have millions of Americans who live or travel abroad throughout Europe and Asia embassy businesses, so I’m deeply worried that ISIS from Afghanistan will end up targeting Americans sooner rather than later,” he told Fox News Sunday.
Putin tried to blame Ukraine, which furiously denied any involvement — while many experts believe it may have been a false-flag operation ordered by the Russian leader to justify his own ongoing violence.
Other footage shows the men firing at concertgoers at point-blank range below the venue’s entrance sign as bloodied bodies lay motionless on the ground.
Russian media reports said the assailants threw explosives, triggering a massive blaze at the hall. Video later showed flames and black smoke light up the night sky as scores of ambulances, fire trucks and riot police flocked to the chaotic scene.
The suspects, all of whom are citizens of Tajikistan, face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
They were ordered on Sunday to be held in pre-trial custody until May 22.
With Post wires
