Moscow has detained 12 individuals and charged eight with “terror-related offences”
Baghdad, Iraq:
The Islamic State group stated Friday 4 of its members had been arrested after they attacked a live performance corridor close to Moscow killing 143 individuals, a day after Russia blamed Ukraine.
On March 22, gunmen opened fireplace on the Crocus Metropolis live performance corridor close to Moscow, setting the venue alight and wounding 80 individuals.
Moscow has detained 12 individuals and charged eight with “terror-related offences” over their alleged roles within the assault. They embody 4 suspects from Tajikistan who’re accused of carrying it out, Russian state media stated.
IS swiftly claimed the assault, though Moscow has stated repeatedly that the attackers had hyperlinks to “Ukrainian nationalists” — a declare Kyiv rejects.
Within the newest concern of its weekly Al-Nabaa journal printed Friday on Telegram channels, the group stated its fighters had been hunted down by floor and air forces.
The operation ended when the boys have been surrounded in “a forest”, IS stated, including that they have been now in “captivity”.
A Moscow courtroom has remanded the 4 predominant suspects in custody till Might 22 — a date more likely to be prolonged till their trial.
Russia has been a repeated goal of assault by IS, in retaliation for its suppression of unrest in Muslim-majority areas and its help for President Bashar al-Assad’s authorities within the civil conflict in Syria.
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