WASHINGTON: Ukraine had “no involvement in any respect” within the bloodbath in a Moscow live performance corridor that killed greater than 130 individuals, the White Home stated Sunday (Mar 23), after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested a Kyiv connection.
“ISIS bears sole accountability for this assault. There was no Ukrainian involvement in any respect,” stated White Home Nationwide Safety Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson, utilizing an acronym for the Islamic State group, which has claimed the assault.
There was “no” proof that Ukraine was concerned, agreed Vice President Kamala Harris in an interview with ABC Information’ “This Week” that was aired Sunday.
“ISIS-Ok is definitely, by all accounts, answerable for what occurred,” she stated.
The “Ok” refers to Khorasan, with the attack being claimed by the Islamic State’s branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A minimum of 137 individuals had been killed when camouflaged gunmen stormed the Crocus Metropolis Corridor, in Moscow’s northern suburb of Krasnogorsk, after which set fireplace to the constructing on Friday night.
The Islamic State group on Saturday wrote on Telegram that the assault was “carried out by 4 IS fighters armed with machine weapons, a pistol, knives and firebombs”, as a part of “the raging conflict” with “international locations combating Islam”.
A video lasting a couple of minute and half apparently shot by the gunmen has been posted on social media accounts sometimes utilized by Islamic State, based on the SITE intelligence group.
