Yakubjoni Yusufzoda. Photo: Social media
One of the men convicted of involvement in the 2024 terrorist attack at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall concert venue has died by suicide, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service.
“Resuscitation efforts were carried out at the scene, but they were unsuccessful. An investigation is currently underway, and its results will be available today,” the agency told the media outlet RBC.
Daniel Gauthier, a lawyer for victims of the Crocus attack, said the person in question was Yakubjoni Yusufzoda. According to Mash, a Telegram channel with links to the Russian authorities, Yusufzoda attempted to hang himself in his cell and later died on the way to the hospital.
Yusufzoda had been given a life sentence in connection with the Crocus attack. Investigators allege that he sent money to the perpetrators several days before the attack and again afterward.
RBC and Kommersant report that another person sentenced to life in prison for the attack, Dzhabrail Aushev, has also attempted suicide in his cell multiple times but survived. Aushev was convicted on charges of illegally trafficking weapons and ammunition.
At least 150 people were killed in the Crocus City Hall shooting, Russia’s deadliest terrorist attack since the 2004 Beslan school siege. In March 2026, a Moscow military court sentenced 19 people in connection with the attack, including four men found guilty of carrying it out and 15 others identified as accomplices.
The terrorist group Islamic State — Khorasan (IS-K) claimed responsibility for the attack shortly after it occurred. Russian authorities have repeatedly alleged, without providing evidence, that Ukraine was involved, a claim Kyiv has denied.
