Images of suspected terrorists appearing with obvious marks of beatings and torture reveal the brutality of the Russian regime. When he arrived at a Moscow court, in the glass cage reserved for the accused, one of the suspects had a haggard look and a swollen eye.
Like the three other alleged perpetrators of the bloodiest attack claimed by the Islamic State in Europe, the assailant appears to have suffered particularly grueling physical abuse since his arrest. In the images broadcast by the court, three of the handcuffed suspects are brought into the courtroom bent in half by police officers.