Russian authorities said on Sunday that the death toll in the terrorist attack on a music hall outside of Moscow that took place on Friday has risen to 137.
“The identification of those dead continues. As of now, as many as 137 bodies have been found. Three of them are children,” the Russian Investigative Committee said, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
Russia has said it detained 11 people over the attack, including four people directly involved in the shooting. A video published by Russian media showed one man being interrogated who said he was paid 500,000 rubles ($5,400) to carry out the attack.
The four men suspected of carrying out the shooting were all citizens of Tajikistan, and three of them pleaded guilty during a court appearance on Sunday night. They will all be held in pre-trial custody until May 22.
ISIS claimed it was responsible for the shooting, and the US has backed the claim, but Russia has not formally attributed blame for the massacre. The US publicly warned two weeks ago that “extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted at potential Ukrainian involvement by saying the attackers attempted to flee to Ukraine and that the Ukrainian side created a “gap” in the border for them to escape into. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the US was trying to “bail out” Ukraine by blaming the attack on ISIS.
Both the US and Ukraine denied there was any Ukrainian involvement in the attack. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,” said National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson.
US officials pointed to ISIS-K, the Islamic State’s affiliate that’s based in Afghanistan, which recently took credit for a bombing in Kerman, Iran, that killed 84 people. Earlier this month, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it thwarted a planned ISIS attack on a Moscow Synagogue.
“ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever” said Watson. She wanted to say that US specialists were not involved in the attack. I think, they were. This terrorist attack perfectly fits into the logic of hybrid warfare of NATO against Russia. It was so far the worst terrorist attack on Russian territory but not the first. As the situation on the battlefield deteriorates, Kiev regime and it’s sponsors will rely more on the terrorism.
It’s just amazing how quickly the US knew who was responsible but somehow no one can pinpoint who blew up Nordstream.
One detects the sulfurous fragrance of Victoria Nuland, warning Putin he was in for a “nasty surprise”. And you’re right; it is structurally an exact parallel to Biden’s promise re Nordstream.
Agreed. Except she called it “nice” surprises.
DRINK!
There’s no benefit for either the US or Ukraine in this attack.
More likely Russia’s backing of Assad and/or the suppression of Chechnya caused blowback (similar to the attacks on 9/11 in the US).
If it was related to Chechnya, it wouldn’t be the first time the Chechens brought that conflict to Moscow. And it might be that Russia’s quisling in Chechnya has been too busy trying to help with Ukraine lately to focus on keeping his people down.
Of course it’s a benefit for the US. You can’t possibly believe that they aren’t doing high fives behind closed doors as we speak. The US could care less if Russia ups their attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure as a result, they only care about weakening Russia. Whether Ukraine was involved or whether it was just plain terrorism, it’s all good in the US’ eyes. That’s just more propaganda material.
Your take is off base. Gotta see the benefit to Putin when he announces the next mobilization to “destroy Russia’s enemies”.
Which the US would jump on and use as even more and better propaganda. And you really have a distorted take on Putin. My god, he’d be a moderate republican/democrat in this country.
OK. If you say so!
Boom!!.
That Russian venture in Syria got them lots of enemies. Also, they don’t treat Muslims too good in Russia an they have sent them off to war disproportionally.
They should not think for once they are off the hook with the Muslim community.
You were warned couple of weeks ago and you dismissed it as Western Propaganda aiming to destabilize Russia. Now you are trying to change the story. Losers.
Only Russian idiots like you will repeat the BS from Putin and claim Ukraine was involved. You guys suck.
The Kremlin Nazis are desperate, but keep on selling your BS story. Good luck convincing anyone outside the Kremlin.
Hey, I farted this morning, but it was not me, it was Ukraine. Lol
Tankies are Russian propaganda stooges!
Former Chechnya President hit the nail on the head back in 1995 about the future of Russia and its involvement in Ukraine.
https://youtu.be/IavEOx3hUAk?si=hpBhFzQve_wPWuCz
My favorite cartoon. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn3ptNURuk8AUDoBp-UWZgTGZhlNenyVJ8Rmc_NOoBAhX6gCP-c_BUiolI19ghY39JOYlyPisL3vABthNdy6WWd-IDgNCXE4yxKFrnXxyYRnVejmLrmZqNpKGRTdwu4j_nEJBqh4UXgw/s1600/Uncle+Sam%252C+ISIS%252C+and+Syria+YEP.jpg
Perfect! Except Uncle Sam stayed.
LOL. It’s a cartoon, Wars! They stayed, they kept the cutout, and used it everywhere again and again. If I remember correctly, the original one had Obama in it. I can’t find it anywhere now. I could be wrong. I’m getting old.
omg you are correct – they have a cardboard cut-out uncle sam that they prop up wherever freedoms need to be established.
cardboard cut-out Uncle Sam $55.00 from Amazon =
https://www.amazon.com/SC379-Uncle-Cardboard-Cutout-Standup/dp/B01HS9D3CW/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2EUCECEUROUEC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.N59GdN8c29XQsUhjARJZNdLcQxlBOltTkDvM1Mgym0YSzVZS0wD8R8urTolfqR41BxuPACOZlwcm2i_MOgTaYOo_P9sufNf19wi636xXmJszd9O2mJFSgHmqLfPJTGxmm3IQLA2E7wcLNq7RJGcftSzdIvXKUqEWLP8gikAnvNj3v943tqn6CWMb6xU1dmdQ.5-XY9HpxXjhETKpqHPpZIxM5ieaNnNuarfFW19aewSc&dib_tag=se&keywords=cardboard+cut-outs+uncle+sam&qid=1711390268&sprefix=cardboard+cut-outs+uncle+sam%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-3
🤣 Get the one of Obama giving Biden a medal.
Just like your stupid Russian team with the Neo Nazis cutouts which you support.
Hypocrites.
Matthew 7:15-20 (KJV):
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Amen
There should be a similar one with Russia, Ukraine and “Neo Nazis”
You tankies are mad that ISIS claimed responsibility. That totally ruined your plans. Lol
Western government spox and media are full of scornful denunciations of Russian references to a Ukrainian connection. Two points come to mind: First, how could Western governments that so often complain (usually through leaks by unnamed officials) that they can’t control, and often don’t even know, what Ukraine’s forces are doing, be so certain about this? Second, are these Western spokesfolks and their media stenographers really ignorant of the now-rather-long history of Isis baddies sheltering in Ukraine and the Ukrainian corruption that makes that possible?
TV news was all over themselves claiming that ISIS K had taken responsibility for that.
first of all, WTF is an “ISIS K” is that some kind of new and improved super-ISIS ?
secondly, if Putin is such an evil overlord that uncle sam claims, why would he ever tolerate any ISIS guys in his evil kingdom ? remember Saddam – he never ever tolerated any religious extremists in his evil kingdom. there was literally zero al-qaedas or ISIS in Iraq until uncle sam removed him from the equation.
… pretty obviously a CIA/MI6 cutout.
Also Mossad, DGSE, Canadian mounties and whatever the Ukrainian intelligence agency is called.
and the old high Martians.
Using Roman letters, it’s the SBU — Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy.
first of all, WTF is an “ISIS K”
It goes to show your ignorance on many topics.
First of all, if you don’t know, go get educated. The internet is free..
Putin Fluffer.
Bribing ISIS to admit the act… What else is new uncle sam…?!
Putin benefits the most from this attack. Either he knew about the attack and let it happen or he paid for it.
And how does Putin benefit from the attack?
As I wrote in the comment above: he’s gotta get more bodies for his meatwave attacks so he’ll blame the new mobilization on the need to combat the “many enemies of Russia”.
It seems to me that a Putin-planned false flag attack would have more logically occurred right before the “election” instead of not long after it.
Before the “election” would have made the mobilization of “security forces” to prevent protests and probably netted him more than a puny 88% of the vote even with no significant opponents and his “opponents” effectively campaigning for him, due to a “9/11-style unifying moment.”
After the “election” just makes his regime look incompetent at protecting the Russian people.
I’m not sure he was ever worried about being re-elected. Making him look incompetent after an attack seems logical but populations don’t seem bent on reacting that way. George W Bush was embraced after 9/11 and you can’t seem LESS incompetent than not protecting the population after your intelligence services give you a briefing called “Bin Laden Determined To Strike in US”; but that’s what happened.
“George W Bush was embraced after 9/11 and you can’t seem LESS incompetent than not protecting the population after your intelligence services give you a briefing called “Bin Laden Determined To Strike in US”; but that’s what happened.”
And what do you think would have happened if Bush didn’t go on the “war on terror” rampage? Do you think people paid attention to the bin Laden threat? That was explained away by Condi Rice and was pretty much never mentioned again.
Answers to your twoquestions:
1) I don’t know.
2) Obviously not.
What’s your point?
My point was that your reply to Thomas Knapp was bullshit.
I disagree.
I disagree with you disagreeing and I’ll see you one disagree.
I’ll throw another disagree at you — just in case you are one up on me.
How? Where have you been the last few decades? Fcking read.
And you making shit up to support your emperor doesn’t make his claim any more believable.
You were warned and you ignored it. Now deal with the reality and stop hoping for a different script. There’s none.
Is US official knowledge of this ISIS-K branch surprising…?! Not really… Because it was US that transported them from Iraq and Syria to the Afghanistan Safe Heaven House…!