Trial begins for suspects in Moscow concert hall attack that killed 149 people

Suspects accused of involvement in a terror attack in the Crocus City Hall (Pavel Bednyakov/AP)

A trial has begun for 19 defendants accused of involvement in last year’s shooting rampage in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded more than 600 others.

A faction of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the March 22 incident at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in which four gunmen shot people who were waiting for a show by a popular rock band and then set the building on fire.