AFTERMATH of attack at concert hall in Moscow (mosrtru/Wikipedia).

Four suspects have been charged in connection with the attack on a Moscow concert attack on Saturday. Three were brought into court Sunday and pleaded guilty to conducting the terrorists attack that killed over 130 people. The fourth was brought into the court in a wheelchair and was attended by medics.

Charged and admitting guilt were Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32; Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, 30; and Shamsidin Fariduni, 25. Mukhammadsobir Faizov, 19, did not enter a plea.

The court could impose the maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Reports in the Russian news media suggested that some of the suspects may have been tortured; one of them appeared to have an ear cut off and all were showing evidence of bruising and swollen faces.

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the the four were arrested while trying to escape to the Ukraine, which was denied by the Ukrainian government.

Russian missile nicked Polish air space

The Polish military alerted jet fighters in response to a Russian missile that briefly crossed Sunday into Poland’s air space.

According to the Polish defense minister, the incident took place during a major aerial attack by Russia on Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. 

Key infrastructure was destroyed including an underground gas storage site. Poland warned that further incursions into Polish air space would be met with an unnamed response.

Ohtani will speak on gambling allegations

Shohei Ohtani, the sudden center of a controversy over betting on sports, will speak to the press and public on Monday on the issue.

LOS ANGELES Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani puts on a baseball cap \. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The uproar started when the Dodgers fired Ippel Mizuhara, who has served as Ohtani’s interpreter. The cause was that he – Mizuhara – had paid $4.5 to a Japanese bookie.

Conflicting stories soon emerged that Mizuhura had either stolen the money from Ohtani or had received it from him to help cover his debts.

Later it was revealed that Mizhura had lied about his education – he never attended or graduated from UC Riverside, as claimed – and previous employment as a interpreter for two other MLB clubs.

Ohtani played against the San Diego Padres in an exhibition game on Thursday and was in the lineup for Sunday’s exhibition game against the Los Angeles Angels.

Weather: Play it cool … sorta

Cool-ish weather will be the on agenda for our West Orange County area though midweek, with partly cloudy skies and daytime highs in the high 60s and overnights in the low 50s.  Some rain is likely for the coming weekend.