The man says that before committing Friday’s atrocity, he had been to Türkiye. When asked what he did at the Crocus City concert venue on Friday evening, he replied: “I shot down... people.” The suspect added that he had committed the crime “for money,” detailing that he had been promised 500,000 rubles ($5,418).

The alleged perpetrator claimed that half the sum had already been transferred to his debit card.

The man also said that the curators, whom he supposedly does not know personally, had contacted him via Telegram messaging app, and arranged an arms cache for the assailants.

The man describes how an acquaintance who he'd befriended on Telegram “ten to twelve days ago” had purchased a car, presumably with a view to using it as a taxi.

[–] borari@sh.itjust.works 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

detailing that he had been promised 500,000 rubles ($5,418).

Fuck me, this really hammers home that first world privilege. More than that amount of USD hits my checking account each month in my direct wages. This guy knew what would happen to him when he was caught then decided that risking misery in Siberia before being executed was worth less than a month of my take home pay. I mean i get that some level of radicalization is involved here, but still what the fuck.

[–] naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The attackers are supposedly Tajik. USD5418 is at least 2 years of work there.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Even if I made $100,000USD a year I'm not sure I would agree to massacre a hundred people for $200k.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'd assume, with the numbers you gave, you're quite comfortable in life. What if your life was constant struggle with poverty? Not sure how to get food for your kids tomorrow? You get desperate