Moscow attack: ninth suspect detained in Russia. Nazrimad Loutfoulloï, the ninth suspect, is from Tajikistan, like the four individuals suspected of having directly attacked a concert hall.
Russian authorities announced a death toll of 143 on Wednesday, and Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said Friday that another person had died. The attack is the deadliest in Russia in twenty years, the worst claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) on European soil. Despite this clear jihadist claim, the Russian authorities persist in establishing a link with Ukraine, a country they have been fighting militarily for more than two years.