2024-03-25 02:42:24
Two days after one of the worst terrorist attacks in the history of Russia, the extremist group “Islamic State” published a video of the mass shooting in a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, in which at least 137 people were killed, DPA reported quoted by BTA.
Four unidentified gunmen fired indiscriminately on Friday evening at the Crocus City Hall concert hall in the northwestern part of Moscow. Witnesses also reported hearing explosions in the building before a large fire broke out.
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, but Russian authorities have yet to comment on the claim. Today, the group’s mouthpiece, Amaq, released a nearly 90-second video that the Islamists say shows the attackers at the scene of the attack. Subtitles in Arabic state that the video shows “exclusive scenes” of the “bloody attacks on Christians”.
At the beginning, a heavily armed man with a machine gun is seen shooting in a corridor where many lifeless bodies are already lying on the floor. The camera then cuts to one of the suspected terrorists stabbing a man on the ground.
Four men then cross a deserted area of the Crocus City Hall event center. The voices of the suspected perpetrators have been changed. One of the faces says: “Kill them without mercy” and “We have come in the name of Allah,” according to Arabic subtitles.
Today, the official death toll in the attack rose to 137 people.
There are 154 injured, and many of them remain in a critical condition, according to TASS, which refers to the Moscow Regional Office for Civil Protection. It is reported that children are among the dead and injured.