On the night of the 22nd, someone fired a gun at a concert hall on the outskirts of Russia's capital, Moscow, and a fire broke out in the building. Spokesperson for the National Security Council (NSC) in the US White House, Watson, said on the 22nd, ``Earlier this month... , the U.S. government has received information that a terrorist attack is being planned in Moscow that could target a large gathering, including a concert,'' the State Department said in a post on social media. He urged American citizens in Russia to be careful.
He then clarified that he had communicated the information to the Russian side in advance, saying, ``The U.S. government shared this information with the Russian authorities in accordance with its long-standing 'duty to warn.''
On the 7th of this month, the US Embassy in Russia urged caution.
On the 7th of this month, the U.S. Embassy in Russia notified American citizens that ``there are reports that extremists have imminent plans to target concerts and other large gatherings in Moscow.'' For about two days, people were urged to avoid participating in large gatherings.
In addition, the leading American newspaper, The Washington Post, quoted American officials as saying that the call for caution was due to the possibility that an organization called ``ISIS-K'' was operating within Russia. Masu.
ISIS-K is a regional wing of the Islamic State extremist group, which operates in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.
On the other hand, White House aide Kirby said at a press conference on the 22nd, ``I am not aware that they had prior information about this attack. are not related."