As Russian security forces continue to search for those responsible for the attack on a Moscow theater that killed at least 40 people, Minutes ago the Islamic State group (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack.
The rescue services were part of a “group of “two to five unidentified people, with combat uniforms and automatic weapons,” that “they opened fire on the security agents at the entrance to the concert hall,” before “starting shooting at the audience.”
He Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the attack this Friday that was committed in this theater located in a suburb of Moscow.
IS fighters “They attacked a large rally (…) on the outskirts of the Russian capital, Moscow”the group said in a statement released on the Telegram mobile messaging application.
“The provisional balance of the terrorist attack perpetrated at the Crocus City Hall complex is currently 40 dead and more than a hundred injured,” indicated the security forces (FSB).
Special units of the Russian National Guard [Rosgvardia] operate at the attack site y They are “looking” for their authors, this organization added in the Telegram message.
For its part, Ukraine, faced with a Russian military intervention since 2022, He assured that he had “absolutely nothing to do” with the attack.
The United States also conveyed its condolences to the victims of the “terrible” shooting. “The images are simply horrifying and hard to see,” said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.