Moscow Attack

Moscow Attack: 93 Killed, 11 Suspects Arrested

Hours after a terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow, Russia said on Saturday that it had arrested 11 people, including four assailants, and reported a new death toll of 93, which it warned could rise. Friday evening's attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State, is the deadliest in Moscow for at least a decade. The Kremlin said the ...

World Leaders Condemn Russian Concert Hall Attack

World leaders denounced the deadly attack by gunmen on a Moscow concert hall on Friday that killed at least 93 people and wounded over 100. Ukraine, which has been facing a Russian military offensive for the past two years, was quick to deny any involvement in the attack. “We had nothing to do" with it, presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said ...

Putin Vows Revenge, Assailants Arrested

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called the attack on a concert hall that killed more than 130 on Friday, a "barbaric terrorist act" and vowed harsh retribution to all those involved. In a televised address, Putin said all four gunmen had been arrested before they had a chance to cross the border into Ukraine. "I am speaking to you ...

Russia Detains Four Tajik Suspects In Moscow Attack

Four Tajik nationals accused of carrying out a terror attack at a Moscow concert hall are to be held on "terror" charges, on Monday. Russia has ordered four men accused of killing at least 137 people in a massacre at a Moscow concert hall to be held in custody on "terror" charges with the death toll expected to climb as more than 100 people are ...

Daesh: The Return of the Jihadist Specter?

The attack that struck Moscow on March 22 highlights the resurgence of the jihadist group Daesh worldwide, spanning from the Middle East to Africa. This time, with the Khorasan cell firmly established in Central Asia leading the charge. The Russian invasion of Ukraine had previously monopolized attention, while the conflict between Israel and ...

Russia Claims to Have Evidence of Ukraine Link to Moscow Attack

Russia claimed, on Thursday, that it has evidence that Ukrainian nationalists were linked to last week's Moscow attack. The US has dismissed these claims as absurd. Russia said Thursday it had evidence the perpetrators of last week's massacre at a concert hall outside Moscow were linked to "Ukrainian nationalists", a claim that the United States ...