The organization said that “Islamic State” militants “attacked a large gathering on the outskirts of the Russian capital Moscow.”
Moscow:
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday’s shooting at a Moscow concert hall, an attack that Russian authorities said killed at least 40 people.
Islamic State militants “attacked a large gathering on the outskirts of the Russian capital Moscow,” the group said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.
An Islamic State statement said the attackers had “safely withdrawn to their base.”
The Russian National Guard said they were on the scene looking for the perpetrators.
Militants opened fire at a rock concert in a northern suburb of Moscow, killing at least 40 people, wounding 100 others and causing a fire inside the theater, authorities said.
According to RIA Novosti reporters at the scene, attackers wearing camouflage uniforms entered the building, opened fire and threw grenades or incendiary bombs.
Russian authorities say they have opened an investigation into “terrorists” and President Vladimir Putin is receiving “constant” updates, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies.
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