Russia’s International Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, referred to as into query US assertions that Islamic State, which as soon as sought management over swathes of Iraq and Syria, was behind the assault.
“Consideration – a query to the White Home: Are you positive it is ISIS? Would possibly you suppose once more about that?” Zakharova stated in an article for the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.
Zakharova stated the US was spreading a model of the “bogeyman” of Islamic State to cowl its “wards” in Kyiv and reminded readers that Washington supported the “mujahideen” fighters who fought Soviet forces within the Nineteen Eighties.
The US has intelligence confirming Islamic State’s declare of accountability two US officers stated on Friday.
GUNMEN
Putin stated 11 individuals had been detained, together with the 4 suspected gunmen, who fled the live performance corridor and made their solution to the Bryansk area, about 340km southwest of Moscow, to slide throughout the border to Ukraine.
Unverified movies of the suspects’ interrogations circulated on social media. One of many suspects was proven having a part of his ear minimize off and stuffed into his mouth.
One man, a Tajik named Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, leaned towards the glass cage because the terrorism cost was learn out. Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, his ear in bandages, sat.
Muhammadsobir Fayzov, appeared in gaping hospital garments and sat in a medical chair, his face lined in cuts. Shamsiddin Fariduni, his face bruised, stood.
