National day of mourning in Russia this Sunday March 24 after the attack which claimed the lives of 133 people in a Moscow concert hall on Friday. The toll could rise further, as searches in the building ravaged by the flames continue. The Kremlin announced the arrest of 11 people, including four terrorists involved in the attack. In a speech on Saturday, Vladimir Putin promised to “ to punish » those responsible for the attack. The Russian president pointed to the fact that the attackers had been arrested on their way to Ukraine but did not mention the claim of the Islamic State jihadist group. A lead reinforced by the publication of a video apparently shot by the attackers of the concert hall.
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Very violent images, filmed by one of the attackers. For one minute and 31 seconds, we see close-ups of three terrorists with blurred faces. One of them fired at least 10 shots. Five people then lie on the floor of the hall which appears to be that of the ground floor of the Crocus City Hall concert hall in the suburbs of the capital. Russian. After the first shots, one of the terrorists approached an inert man on the ground and slit his throat with a knife.
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These images appeared on a Telegram account believed to belong to Amaq, the communications organ of IS. The clothing of two of the attackers is similar to that of the men arrested by the FSB, as noted by the independent Russian investigative site Important Stories, which also notes that we can see an assault rifle of the same color as that of the investigators presented as evidence in their press release.
Moscow still does not publicly discuss the IS trail
Despite these elements, the Russian authorities still do not publicly discuss the possibility of an attack by the Islamic State organization, but prefer to turn their eyes towards Ukraine. Vladimir Poutine claimed that the attackers had tried to flee to that country before being arrested. A statement which angered Volodymyr Zelensky who accused his Russian counterpart of seeking to “ blame » on his country, an attempt at diversion « completely predictable ” according to him.
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