on Saturday 23 March, 2024
ISIS releases photo of alleged attackers in Russia shooting
This image grab taken from footage obtained by AFP TV shows unidentified gunmen moving toward the doors of the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, late on March 22, 2024. (AFP/UGC)
ISIS released on Saturday a photo of what it said were the four attackers behind a shooting rampage that killed at least 143 people in a concert hall near Moscow on Friday, the militant group’s Amaq news agency said on Telegram.
“The attack comes within the context of a raging war between [ISIS] and countries fighting Islam,” Amaq added in a statement citing security sources.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack but there were indications that Russia was pursuing a Ukrainian link, despite emphatic denials from Ukrainian officials that Kyiv had nothing to do with it.
Russian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with the attack.
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