Commitment to the Moscow attack
IS releases photo of alleged attackers
March 23, 2024, 5:05 p.m
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IS quickly claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack near Moscow. The terrorist militia is now publishing a photo in which the attackers can be seen. It is said that they dealt a “serious blow” to Russia. Russia has not yet responded to the IS confession.
The terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) published pixelated photos of the alleged attackers after the attack near Moscow that killed more than 130 people. The IS propaganda channel Amak posted a picture on Telegram with four people whose faces had been made unrecognizable.
The fighters, armed with assault rifles, pistols and bombs, dealt a “severe blow” to Russia, the statement said. The attack is part of the “natural context of the raging war” with the “countries that fight Islam.” The attack targeted “thousands of Christians in a music hall.” ISIS fights followers of Christianity and regards them as infidels.
The terrorist militia repeatedly publishes photos of its members after they died in attacks or while fleeing. In this case, the faces are pixelated, suggesting that the perpetrators are still alive.
Putin does not respond to IS confession
In an event center on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday, perpetrators apparently shot at visitors indiscriminately. Authorities have arrested eleven suspects, at least four of whom are said to have been directly involved in the attack on the event center. IS, which is fighting against Russia in Syria and is also active in the Russian Caucasus region, claimed responsibility for the attack. IS, which is fighting against Russia in Syria and is also active in the Russian Caucasus region, had previously claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Russian authorities and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin have not yet responded to IS’s self-accusation. Russian propagandists quickly claimed on Friday that Ukraine was behind the attack. They did not provide any evidence of this. Ukraine, against which Russia has been waging a brutal war of aggression for more than two years, clearly rejected rumors of involvement.
After the attack, the perpetrators were able to escape in the car in which they had come, according to eyewitnesses. According to official information, the car was then stopped and there were weapons and Tajik passports in the car. According to the Russian Interior Ministry, the attackers were not Russian.
After passport details of suspected perpetrators emerged, the authorities in Tajikistan pointed out that the men named were not in Russia, but in the Central Asian republic. The suspects’ passports may have been forged. Another Tajik is said to be in the Russian city of Samara. Tajikistan, which borders Afghanistan and is also a haven for Islamist terrorists, denied involvement in the crime.