He may have been lying, but there is no doubt that there have been thousands of jihad attacks worldwide that Muslim clerics incited, egged on, or participated in.
“Shooting at Moscow concert venue leaves over 130 dead,” by Chris Lau, Andrew Raine, Catherine Nicholls, Issy Ronald, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Tori B. Powell, CNN, March 23, 2024:
What we’re covering
More than 130 killed: ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert venue complex near Moscow that left at least 133 dead and many more wounded after assailants stormed the venue with guns and incendiary devices. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the attack a “barbaric terrorist act.”
Suspects arrested: Russian authorities said all four suspects directly involved in the attack were arrested near the border with Ukraine, along with several others.
About the attack: State-run RIA Novosti reported the attackers “opened fire with automatic weapons” and “threw a grenade or an incendiary bomb, which started a fire.”
Earlier this month: The US embassy in Russia said it was “monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow,” including at concerts.Ukraine’s military intelligence agency firmly denies any Ukrainian connection to Russian concert attack
From CNN’s Maria KostenkoDefense Intelligence of Ukraine spokesperson Andrii Yusov firmly denied his country had anything to do with the terror attacks at a concert hall in Russia’s Moscow region.
“There are official statements from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidential Office, and the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. Of course, Ukraine had nothing to do with it,” Yusov said on Ukrainian national TV Saturday.
Earlier Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Russian people that the perpetrators had “tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to cross the border.” A handful of Russian officials have suggested without evidence that Ukraine may have been involved in the attack as well.Yusov called Putin’s comments “completely false and absurd.”
“A full-scale war has been going on for more than two years. The border areas are saturated with enemy troops, special agents, and security forces. The border line is heavily mined. It is being monitored by all means, including aerial reconnaissance on both sides,” Yusov said. “Such regions as Belgorod and Kursk are now a zone of active hostilities. Of course, this claim does not stand up to criticism.”
He said that Russia had disregarded warnings, such as those from the US Embassy under its “duty to warn” policy, that terrorist attacks could be possible in large crowds. Putin had told Russia’s Federal Security Service on Tuesday that warnings from the US were “provocative” and “outright blackmail.”A new satellite image, taken by Umbra Space’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR), shows just how badly the fire that started during the terror attack on Friday night damaged the Crocus City Hall complex.
In the image, taken at 9:26 a.m. local time Saturday, a large hole that is over 150 feet wide in diameter is seen in the roof of the complex directly over where the concert venue is located.
About SAR images: They are not like normal satellite images. The SAR images are created by a satellite transmitting radar beams capable of passing through clouds, like the ones currently preventing satellites from imaging the area. Those radar beams bounce off objects on the ground and echo back to the satellite. What they bounce off of is then mapped out by the satellite, which is then translated into the image.
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“I came home; my coat was just covered in blood,” attack survivor says
From CNN’s Eve BrennanAnastasia Rodionova, a survivor of the Moscow region’s Crocus City Hall attack, told Reuters Saturday that the armed assailants were “gunning down everyone methodically in silence” inside the venue on Friday night.
“They did not shoot upwards, they did not scream, they did not say, ‘Everyone lay down, we will kill you,’ and etc. They were just walking and gunning down everyone methodically in silence. The sound was echoing and we could not understand what was where,” she said.
“It is unbelievable. You understand only now that you are lucky, really lucky. I came home; my coat was just covered in blood,” she added.Another survivor of the attack, Margarita, who did not provide her last name, told Reuters that “the gunshots were going on and on.”
“We went down to some kind of ground floor, some dark room, and I saw only ‘exit’ word shining in the darkness, and we just did not know whether to run or not. Who is there in the dark? What is there in the dark?” she said.
“We were very distressed yesterday, of course it is very hard. Because we came home yesterday … and an ambulance came, and they gave a sedative drug … and you close your eyes and you see it, when you are left alone, you hear that. And today I express my condolences to everyone. It is a misfortune, it is a grief,” she added.
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Russian state media publishes purported confession of one alleged attacker at concert hall
From CNN’s Darya Tarasova, Paul P. Murphy and Tim ListerRussian state news agency RIA Novosti published on Telegram the purported confession of one of the men apprehended in connection with the attack on the Crocus City Hall complex.
In the brief video, a man with a bloodied bandaged head speaks in halting Russian. He gives his name and says he is 30 years old.
His interrogator asks him where the weapons used in the attack were dropped off, whether near Moscow or closer to the venue site. He replies, “I don’t know the city, ask my friends, they know.”
RIA also posted images of three of the alleged attackers after they were detained, images that match videos uploaded on unofficial channels earlier Saturday showing the men being apprehended in Bryansk region. No image or video of the fourth alleged attacker has been published on Russian state media.
In an accompanying commentary, RIA Novosti said the alleged attackers all speak Russian “extremely poorly,” with one of the men speaking “in Tajik through an interpreter.”
It added that one of the men said he’d been promised by an unnamed person who called himself “an assistant to the preacher” a half-million rubles (about $5,000) to carry out the attack. He later gave a different figure.
RIA Novosti said one of the alleged attackers had mentioned returning to Russia from Turkey earlier this month. The men lived together in a hostel in the north of Moscow, and two of them met only “10-12 days ago,” according to RIA. The car they drove to Crocus City Hall and then used to escape had been bought through a family connection, it reported.
According to RIA, “a coherent picture does not emerge from the interrogation fragments. It is not entirely clear what exactly connected these people, what motives they were guided by, organizing one of the bloodiest terrorist attacks in the history of Russia.”
CNN cannot independently verify the veracity of the RIA Novosti report or the statements made by the alleged attacker, which may have been made under duress….
SC says
Next friday after prayers have started surround the mosque arrest and permanently deport every person leaving.
somehistory says
The government of Ukraine wouldn’t have had to be “involved”…all it would take would be for a mozlum or group of mozlums to provide a “window” to be opened for the terrorists to enter.
Evidently, putin’s distrust of the U.S. enabled the terrorists to be more successful than they might have been had Russia acted on the information given.
islam is a scourge, a worship of evil and much evil is committed for that false god and the fake prophet mozlums worship. And many innocent people have died because of it. More are sure to follow.
Mike says
The video is several years old, but on YouTube, please check out the short video “Why don’t I criticize other religions?” by The Apostate Prophet.
maria says
Of course the moslums were the perpetrator of killing people in Moscow.
But Putin is cooperating with the mozlums and will try to accuse the Ukrainians for the murder of the Moscow people
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
Tony Rice says
Let’s hope and pray evil Putin doesn’t use this as an excuse for even intense bombing of Ukraine. I would not put it passed him. At least he can’t blame Israel and Jews
gravenimage says
Tony, I’ve had the same concern about this grotesquely leading to even more targeting of Ukraine.
And grimly, many fools *are* blaming Israel for this Jiahd terror attack.
“Putin Blames Ukraine for ISIS Massacre in Moscow; Many Putinists Blame Israel”
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2024-03-24/ty-article/.premium/putin-blames-ukraine-for-isis-massacre-in-moscow-many-putinists-blame-israel/0000018e-6d06-dfa8-a98e-6f0f8c8f0000
John Smith says
I agree Tony and Gravenimage. Putin thought he was going to conquer Ukraine in a few days or weeks at the most, but it didn’t work out for him. So I’m pretty sure he’s going to try more severe tactics to defeat them, and yes he’s going to say Ukraine is behind this attack.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
He’s won his re-election. He should now relax & focus on the jihadists, & other such internal threats, & stop obsessing so much about Ukraine as long as he has this war in a deadlock
WPM says
Putin has a Moslem problem ,this is not the first jihad attack in Moscow in the last 30 years , I am sure it will not be the last. Ukraine ,Israel , America ,Western Europe ,have nothing to do with jihad attacks .Moslems hate Jews ,communist, capitalist , Christians ,atheists’ , Hindus and other Moslems from different tribes. Moslems love when non-Moslem countries are busy fighting one another it give them an invitation to do their evil jihad terror magic and face less pressure because of outside conflicts. With 8 million+ crossing unvetted into America I am sure we will be next on the Jihad hit parade. Especially with the insane senile ice cream eating idiotic in the Whitehouse and his woke crew of idiots running the clown show of America foreign policy and zero border protection .The alphabet agencies are too busy worrying about angry parents at PTA meeting and busy checking on Catholic churches to watch for Jihad cells from devote Moslems who want to meet Allah in a hurry of jihad in America woke blue cities..
gravenimage says
So true. Abd how many have forgotten Beslan?
David M says
They’ve already started beating up the perps if you look at his nose.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/video-first-interrogation-of-suspected-terrorist-in-moscow-concert-hall-attack/
Walter Sieruk says
First , there was that horrendously evil and murderous jihadist bombing at a music concert in the city of Manchester , England on May, 22,2017 in which 22 people had been murdered and many more severely injured , most of the victims had been young girls and young women.
Then on October there was those horrific murders by the jihadists of Hamas at a music festival in the State of Israel on October 7th 2023 in which 260 young people had been viciously murdered by those jihadists ,who also committed many other many other Islamic atrocities.
Now just this month on February 22, 2024 on the outskirts of Moscow at another music concert there were more jihadists shootings and mass murders in which 133 had killed by Muslim terrorists in their jihad and at least 145 more people had been harmed.
Islam which its jihadists hates music and it also hates people., it hates them to death,
gravenimage says
Yes–I noted their attacking victims at a music festival, as well.
abu taleb says
No matter who did that, muslims are happy whenever non muslims are killed. That is Islam.
Transmaster says
And I watched as a Russian security troop cut the ear off of the pictured terrorist above and forced him to eat it. Russia knows how to treat these murdering sub-humans.
Mike says
That seems a bit too cruel though. It might be better to force them to eat raw pig’s guts, and other porcine offal. And, after executing them by hanging or shooting them in the head, pickle their corpses in alcohol and bury them in pig leather body bags.
tgusa says
“And I watched as a Russian security troop cut the ear off of the pictured terrorist above and forced him to eat it.”
“That seems a bit too cruel though.”
After 130+ people murdered in cold blood. its a start. Stay tuned, more to come later.
David M says
Transmaster isn’t kidding, those 4 perps were all half dead when they dragged them into court, including as missing ear.
.https://www.news.com.au/world/moscow-terror-suspects-face-court-bloodied-bruised-and-missing-body-parts/news-story/4d397a51fc0e689c9d2d12d4d8521ae9
gravenimage says
Moscow: Death toll over 130, Ukraine denies involvement, jihadi says he was recruited by Muslim cleric’s assistant
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It has now been determined that the massacre was done by ISIS. Homicidal thugs..
andy says
I repeat. Russia must realize what Ukrain is going through for last two years. Russia must withdraw from Ukrain. At the same time rest of the civilized world including Russia and China must join hands with West, Isreal, and India to crush Islamists and Jihadists everywhere in the world. Islamist are the common enemy of the world.