Moscow attack: gunmen were Tajik migrants in search of better life in Russia

Central Asians go to Russia attracted by higher salaries but live in cramped apartments

Former colleagues and clients at the small barber shop where Muhammadsobir Fayzov once worked were stunned when they saw the news.

They knew the 19-year-old as a promising, hard-working stylist, and saw no signs that together with three other Tajik gunmen he would commit last Friday’s bloodbath at a concert city hall in Moscow.