Moscow concert hall attack: death toll rises to 115 as suspects held and Ukraine denies any involvement - live updates

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Source: the guardian



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Russia’s FSB tries to link Ukraine to Moscow attack despite IS claiming responsibility
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The director of Russia’s federal security service (FSB) informed Vladimir Putin that 11 individuals had been arrested in connection with Friday’s terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow, including four suspects involved in the shooting. Putin has not appeared or commented in public so far after the assault.

Islamic State, through an affiliated news agency, claimed responsibility for the attack late on Friday in a post on Telegram, in which they claimed the gunmen had managed to escape afterwards. A US official said Washington had intelligence confirming Islamic State’s claim.

There are already signs that Moscow will try to pin blame for the attack on Ukraine, despite the claim of responsibility by Islamic State. Without providing any evidence, the FSB on Saturday appeared to point the finger at Kyiv, saying that the gunmen were arrested while trying to cross into Ukraine. “They had contacts on the Ukrainian side,” the FSB said in a statement.

Kyiv has vehemently denied it had any involvement in the attack. “Ukraine certainly has nothing to do with the shooting/explosions in the Crocus City Hall,” Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential administration, wrote on social media. “It makes no sense whatsoever. Ukraine has never resorted to the use of terrorist methods.”..................




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So much horror--so many innocent deaths!




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People mourn at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow. Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

[IronLionZion]

1. ISIS is pretty suicidal. Interesting they didn't kill themselves this time

[Midnight Writer]

9. Interesting that they were able to get away.

This was no "run and gun" or a drive-by. They spent some time in the theatre, killing and burning, and left unchallenged.

Moscow cops must be about as brave and competent as Uvalde cops.

[Kennah]

12. Not fair to Moscow cops

Do you wanna go against the FSB?

[ck4829]

2. He was given a warning

[Lovie777]

5. Putin is only focusing on conquering Ukraine.........................

any means necessary. He does not care about Isis nor what they did, nor the deaths, injured and destructions as a result of their terrorism, he will still blame Ukraine.

Putin will "trump" up and stack false evidence against Ukraine, or at least try.

[OnlinePoker]

6. Don't you mean "Biden" up?

He would never besmirch the name of his wanna-be presidential lap dog.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Yes Putin will use the attack to further his personal agenda.

To expand his power, clamp down on Russia in some way, and gain an advantage over Ukraine.

[doc03]

3. Russian invasion of a former USSR Moslem state coming soon. nt

[GregariousGroundhog]

8. There's a certain irony here

I don't think many people would fault Russia for going after the Islamic State after this. Russia's military is kind of bogged down in Ukraine at the moment though.

The Islamic State's biggest base of power at the moment is in Afghanistan, where they are complicating the Taliban's efforts to govern the country in some areas. Even if Russia weren't tied up in Ukraine, seeing Russia operate in Afghanistan and/or cooperate with the Taliban would also be ironic given the Soviet Union's invasion in the 1980s.

[Kennah]

13. Please, please, please Vlad invade Afghanistan

[underpants]

4. 115. Yikes.

[FakeNoose]

10. It's got nothing to do with Ukraine, Pootie

This kind of looks like when an American President starts a war against Saddam Hussein and Iraq, even though the terrorist act was committed by a completely different group in a different country.

We've been down this road before.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

11. Only an idiot or a prosperous country fights on two fronts

The Rus know what fighting Islam is like. My only fear is that they may nuke them since Pooty knows the world won't be as outraged aboyt that as they would be with Ukraine