2024-03-23T16:37:22+00:00
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/ On Saturday, Russian media revealed a video clip exhibiting the confessions of one of many suspects in finishing up the Moscow assault, which occurred on Friday night and claimed the lives of greater than 100 folks.
The detainee, who recognized himself as “Fereydoun Shams al-Din,” born in 1998, stated that he arrived from Turkey on March 4.
He added that he was recruited by means of the Telegram utility a few month in the past, explaining that he was listening to the lectures of a preacher, and an individual referred to as him and stated he was an assistant to the preacher.
Shams al-Din highlighted: “They messaged me through Telegram, providing me 500,000 rubles (about 5,000 {dollars}) in alternate for finishing up a random killing, and my mission was merely to kill these within the place they specified.”
The identical spokesman claimed that “half of the quantity has already been transferred to his account.”
The ISIS department in Afghanistan, referred to as “Province Khorasan” or “ISIS Khorasan,” claimed duty for the Moscow assault.
The group stated in an announcement posted on Telegram that its fighters “attacked a big gathering on the outskirts of the Russian capital, Moscow.”
The assertion added that the fighters “withdrew to their bases safely.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Saturday, in his first touch upon the Moscow assault, that everybody behind the assault can be punished, describing what occurred as an “organized terrorist act.”