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Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on affiliated channels on social media. A U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press that U.S. intelligence agencies had learned the group’s branch in Afghanistan was planning an attack in Moscow and shared the information with Russian officials.

It wasn’t immediately clear what happened to the attackers after the raid, which state investigators were investigating as terrorism. 

The attack, which left the concert hall in flames with a collapsing roof, was the deadliest in Russia in years and came as the country’s war in Ukraine dragged into a third year. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called the raid a “huge tragedy.”

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

All bombings, the court ruled, were ordered by Islamist warlords Ibn Al-Khattab and Abu Omar al-Saif, who have been killed. Five other suspects have been killed and six have been convicted by Russian courts on terrorism-related charges.

Now waiting to see who putin will decide to make an "Islamist warlord" instead of having a balcony, windows, or tea accident.

Update: according to the last news I read, putin decided to make the Ukrainians "Islamist warlords". Does not matter if it is at all believable or not now, does it? 🤡

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I hope this doesn’t result in Russian forces in Syria.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Have they even left yet?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This was carried out by the Khorasan branch, so that'd be Afghanistan, not Syria.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I hope this does result in Russian troops in Afghanistan. Again.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Looks like 60 dead now in the article, not 40. I remember 40, I think the numbers updated

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Well over 100 now.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Unfortunately, the casualty numbers in these types of attacks tend to go up from the initial count.

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