Several assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing at least 40 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, which couldn’t be independently verified. It wasn’t immediately clear what happened to the attackers after the raid, which Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described as a “huge tragedy” and state authorities 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.
I don’t get it either. The US has confirmed that IS was responsible.
People believe US Intelligence warned Russia of a terrorist attack, then disagree with US Intelligence after said attack happens? It makes no sense.
Hate Putin for the atrocities he’s certainly responsible for. Spreading false information obfuscates what he’s actually done.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/23/whos-to-blame-for-the-moscow-massacre-isil-ukraine-or-russia-itself
Because Putin was warned of the attack, and may have allowed it to happen to further his insane war in Ukraine.
I think intentionally not preventing the attack is definitely plausible. I guess I should have been more clear–my comment was more aimed at accusations that Putin orchestrated the attack.