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The ISIS resurgence: How Islamist fanatics are once again spreading terror around the world, killing dozens in Moscow concert hall, Taylor Swift concert massacre plot and bid to assassinate the Pope

As the Pope landed in Indonesia last week to urge a united front against religious extremism, it was the quick action of police that saved his life, uncovering a desperate plot to assassinate him with a bow and arrow, and a drone. ISIS has maintained support through a well developed regional network Bow and arrows, a drone and ISIS leaflets …

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9 months, 1 week ago

In the aftermath of the Moscow concert hall attack, is a harsher era under Putin in the works?

Associated Press

Video and photos of suspects in a mass shooting show them apparently being brutalized by Russian security forces — without any rebuke from authorities. FILE - Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, a suspect in the Crocus City Hall shootings, sits in a defendants’ cage in Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2024. FILE - Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, a suspect in …

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9 months, 1 week ago

US bears some responsibility for Moscow concert attack, claims Russia, ‘everyone knows that the Kyiv is…’

Hindustan Times

The United States bears some responsibility for the attack on a Moscow concert hall last month, which killed 144 people, claims Nikolai Patrushev, the head of Russia's National Security Council. Russia's blatant verbal attack comes despite ISIS Khorasan, an affiliate of the Islamic State, has admitted to orchestrating the attack, while Ukraine has consistently denied any involvement. FILE PHOTO: Flowers …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Moscow terror attack: Conflicting narratives and the way ahead

Firstpost

The horrific terror attack on the Crocus City Hall, Moscow in March 2024, which killed at least 144 innocent people and injured more than 300, deserves global condemnation. The US-led NATO, which is fighting a non-kinetic war against Russia would like the world to believe that this terror attack has been done by the Islamic State IS-KP to punish Russia. …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Moscow concert massacre was a major security blunder. What’s behind that failure?

Associated Press

Hours before gunmen last week carried out the bloodiest attack in two decades in Russia, authorities made an addition to a government register of extremist and terrorist groups: They included the international LGBTQ+ “movement.” That addition to the register followed a Russian Supreme Court court ruling last year that cracked down on gay and transgender people in the country. While …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

'143 people still missing' after Moscow attack

China Daily

People stand at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow on Wednesday. ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AP As many as 143 people are still missing after last week's attack near Moscow when gunmen sprayed concertgoers with automatic weapons and set the venue on fire, a Russian state news outlet reported on Wednesday. Russian Foreign Ministry …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Putin rounds up illegal migrants to send to the frontline in Ukraine as Vladimir exploits Moscow massacre anti-migrant backlash to find more cannon fodder

Daily Mail

Vladimir Putin is rounding up illegal migrants in Russia to fuel his bloody invasion of Ukraine, just days after four Tajik nationals were charged over the Crocus terror attack in Moscow, with migrant groups left fearing bloody retaliation. Vehicles emblazoned with Rosgvardiya were seen outside the warehouse in Moscow as officials rounded up illegal migrants, some destined for Ukraine Critics …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

The death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalized

Associated Press

MOSCOW — The death toll from last week’s Moscow concert hall attack rose to 143, Russian authorities said Wednesday. The Friday night massacre in Crocus City Hall, a sprawling shopping and entertainment venue on the northwestern outskirts of Moscow, was the deadliest extremist attack on Russian soil in nearly two decades. In this photo taken from video released by Russian …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukrainian special services involved in concert hall terror attack: FSB chief

China Daily

This video grab taken from a handout footage released by Russian Investigative Committee on March 23, 2024 shows rescuers working inside the Crocus City Hall, a day after a gun attack in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow. MOSCOW-- The terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue was prepared by radical Islamists, and the Ukrainian intelligence services were directly involved, said …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Islamic State claimed the attack on Russia. Why is Putin accusing Ukraine and the West?

LA Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to accuse Ukraine, the U.S. and Britain of involvement in a terrorist attack on the outskirts of Moscow, even though a branch of the extremist group Islamic State claimed responsibility. But he added that the seeming ease with which the attackers struck served to “dent the FSB’s credibility at all levels.” The Crocus City Hall …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Attack on Russian concert hall threatens Putin’s strongman image

Live Mint

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed American warnings of an imminent terrorist attack and urged leaders of the country’s security services to focus on catching Ukrainian spies instead. As Russia marked a national day of mourning on Sunday, the bloody assault on one of the nation’s best-known entertainment venues threatened to undermine Putin’s carefully cultivated strongman image and raised …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Vladimir Putin suggests Ukraine linked to deadly Moscow concert hall attack

ABC

In short: Vladimir Putin says Islamist militants carried out the attack but it bears the hallmarks of Ukrainian intimidation. Russian President Vladimir Putin says last week's deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow was conducted by Islamist militants but the shooting fits with a wider campaign of intimidation by Ukraine. The investigation underway into the mass shooting had to …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

How the deadliest attack on Russian soil in years unfolded over the weekend

Associated Press

The auditorium at Crocus City Hall was about three-quarters full, with the crowd waiting to see Picnic, a band popular since the Soviet days of the early 1980s. “I looked at my colleague, and he also said: ‘Fireworks, probably.’” In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Sunday, March 24, 2024, rescuers work in …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

4 suspects charged with terrorism following Moscow concert hall attack

China Daily

A suspect in the shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, sits behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia March 24, 2024. MOSCOW - The four individuals directly involved in the Moscow concert hall attack have been charged with terrorism, local media reported on Monday. On Friday night, …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

How will the Moscow concert hall attack affect Putin?

Al Jazeera

Even if some Russians blame their president for failing to foil the attack, they have no other security guarantor. The attack on the Crocus Concert Hall, which the ISIL affiliate Islamic State in Khorasan Province has claimed responsibility for, comes against the backdrop of Russia’s brutal aggression in Ukraine. In his address to the nation, Putin claimed that they had …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Isis claims responsibility as 133 people killed at Moscow concert hall

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Eleven people suspected of being …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Moscow concert hall attack | Russian Embassy in India opens online book of condolences for victims

The Hindu

As Russia observes a national day of mourning after a massacre in a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people, the Russian embassy in India, on March 24, opened an online book of condolence for people who wish to offer condolences to the families of the terrorist attack victims. The toll from the attack at the Crocus City …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

ISIS released bodycam footage of Moscow terror attack

Op India

On 23rd March, Islamic State released bodycam footage of the deadly terror attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue. These perpetrators, these criminals went specifically to kill, to kill people, point blank.” Russian President said terrorists have no nationality Putin stressed that Russia expects other nations to cooperate with them. In a statement, the agency said, “The activities of …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Xi extends condolences to Russia

China Daily

Moscow citizens lay flowers and mourn for victims at Crocus City Hall concert venue in the northwest of Moscow on Sunday, the day of which President Vladimir Putin announced as National Day of Mourning. REN QI/CHINA DAILY President Xi Jinping extended condolences on Saturday to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the terrorist attack that caused heavy casualties on Friday near …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Number of victims in Moscow terrorist attack rises to 285

China Daily

A Russian national flag is seen lowered on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building on the day of mourning, declared following a deadly shooting in the Crocus City Hall concert hall, in Moscow, Russia March 24, 2024. MOSCOW - The total number of victims in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack in Moscow has risen to 285, the Russian …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Moscow Concert Hall Attack Putin Vows Harsh Retribution Attackers Tried To Flee To Ukraine

ABP News

Moscow Concert Hall Attack: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that the four gunmen who killed more than 100 people at a Moscow concert hall had been arrested. #WATCH | On the shooting that happened at a concert in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin says, ".They tried to escape; they were moving toward the …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia arrests 11 Moscow massacre suspects as they reveal names and pictures of those they believe behind ISIS concert hall slaughter as death toll rises to 115 and pictures reveal bloody aftermath

Daily Mail

Russian law enforcement have reportedly made arrests for suspects in the Crocus concert hall massacre in Moscow. Russian media share pictures of four suspected terrorists, in the Crocus concert hall massacre in Moscow, giving their names as Makhmadrasul Nasridinov, 27, Rivozhidin Ismonov, 51, Shokhindzhonn Safolzoda, 21, Rustam Nazarov, 29 Some Moscow media suggested the terrorists could have escaped in this …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin 'dismissed US warnings about a terror attack' three days before Moscow massacre and shrugged off American embassy's warning to avoid concert venues

Daily Mail

U.S. officials say American intelligence agencies had gathered information in recent weeks that ISIS was planning an attack in Moscow - but the warnings were dismissed by Russia's President Putin who described them as 'provocative'. U.S. intelligence agencies shared information indicating that ISIS was plotting an attack in Moscow but Russia's President Putin disregarded the warnings Putin labeled the warnings …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Heinous, cowardly’: World reacts to attack on Moscow concert hall

Al Jazeera

Putin declares national day of mourning on Sunday after at least 133 people killed in assault claimed by ISIL affiliate. — Ursula von der Leyen March 23, 2024 United Kingdom Foreign Minister David Cameron said the UK condemned “in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist attack”. “We offer our heartfelt condolences and express our deepest sympathy to the families of …

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The ISIS resurgence: How Islamist fanatics are once again spreading terror around the world, killing dozens in Moscow concert hall, Taylor Swift concert massacre plot and bid to assassinate the Pope

In the aftermath of the Moscow concert hall attack, is a harsher era under Putin in the works?

US bears some responsibility for Moscow concert attack, claims Russia, ‘everyone knows that the Kyiv is…’

Moscow terror attack: Conflicting narratives and the way ahead

The Moscow concert massacre was a major security blunder. What’s behind that failure?

'143 people still missing' after Moscow attack

Putin rounds up illegal migrants to send to the frontline in Ukraine as Vladimir exploits Moscow massacre anti-migrant backlash to find more cannon fodder

The death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalized

Ukrainian special services involved in concert hall terror attack: FSB chief

Islamic State claimed the attack on Russia. Why is Putin accusing Ukraine and the West?

Attack on Russian concert hall threatens Putin’s strongman image

Vladimir Putin suggests Ukraine linked to deadly Moscow concert hall attack

How the deadliest attack on Russian soil in years unfolded over the weekend

4 suspects charged with terrorism following Moscow concert hall attack

How will the Moscow concert hall attack affect Putin?

Isis claims responsibility as 133 people killed at Moscow concert hall

Moscow concert hall attack | Russian Embassy in India opens online book of condolences for victims

ISIS released bodycam footage of Moscow terror attack

Xi extends condolences to Russia

Number of victims in Moscow terrorist attack rises to 285

Moscow Concert Hall Attack Putin Vows Harsh Retribution Attackers Tried To Flee To Ukraine

Russia arrests 11 Moscow massacre suspects as they reveal names and pictures of those they believe behind ISIS concert hall slaughter as death toll rises to 115 and pictures reveal bloody aftermath

Putin 'dismissed US warnings about a terror attack' three days before Moscow massacre and shrugged off American embassy's warning to avoid concert venues

‘Heinous, cowardly’: World reacts to attack on Moscow concert hall