A view showing the burned Crocus Site Hall concert hall after yesterday's shooting incident in Krasnogorsk on the outskirts of Moscow (French)
The Guardian newspaper quoted US intelligence as saying that “there is no reason to doubt” ISIS’s claims of responsibility for the attack on the concert hall in the Russian capital, Moscow, noting that the organization’s branch in Khorasan Province has a sanctuary in Afghanistan, and has recently carried out bombings in Iran, which indicates Until he has the ability to launch other attacks.
The newspaper pointed out that an allegation had emerged that the attack on the Crocus Site Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk on the outskirts of Moscow, in which at least 62 people were killed and 145 injured, was carried out by the ISIS branch in Khorasan Province.
Speculation indicated that the attack would have major political repercussions in Russia and abroad, especially since the organization was involved in some of the largest recent terrorist attacks in Russia, such as the St. Petersburg metro bombing in 2017, which killed 15 people and injured 45.
The Russian Federal Security Service said that on March 7, it thwarted an armed attack launched by the group on a synagogue in the Kaluga region near Moscow, and said in a statement, “It turned out that the gunmen of an international terrorist organization were preparing to launch an attack on the parishioners of the synagogue using firearms.”
The US Embassy issued an unusual warning to American citizens to avoid large gatherings, especially concerts, and called on them to leave Russia. It said on its website that “the embassy is monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, including concerts, and citizens must be advised.” Americans are urged to avoid large gatherings during the next 48 hours.”
Kyiv denies
CNN reporters said they were told that "since November, there was 'fairly specific' intelligence that ISIS wanted to carry out attacks in Russia, and US intelligence had warned Russia about that."
Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president who is now deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said that if Kiev's involvement in the attack on the concert hall is proven, all those involved in it should be tracked down and killed without mercy, including officials of the state that committed such an act.
Ukrainian officials insisted that they had nothing to do with the attack, and Ukrainian presidential administration advisor, Mykhailo Podoliak, said, “Ukraine certainly had nothing to do with the shooting at the Crocus Hall (in the Moscow region, Russia). This is completely illogical,” adding, “Ukraine did not "You would never resort to using terrorist methods. That makes no sense."
The newspaper stated that the Khorasan Province organization, which was formed in 2015, is mainly based in Afghanistan, and has increasingly focused its attention on Russia since the United States left Afghanistan in 2021. It includes groups from Pakistan and Uzbekistan that are active in Central Asia and Russia, and carried out two bombings in January. January in Iran killed nearly 100 people.
The commander of US Central Command, General Michael Corella, said in his testimony before the House Armed Services Committee that “ISIS Khorasan and its allies maintain a safe haven in Afghanistan, and they continue to develop their networks inside and outside the country,” noting that the Taliban’s efforts to suppress that group have proven to be ineffective. Enough.
Source: Guardian