The Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) released this Saturday
an image of the four alleged perpetrators
of Friday's attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, which left at least 133 dead.
The image was broadcast by the Amaq agency - the organization's main propaganda channel - and it shows four people with half their faces covered, a cap and pixelated eyes in front of a large Islamic State flag.
According to Amaq, three of these alleged terrorists
"began shooting into the crowd"
at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, while the fourth
set fire to the building
"using incendiary bombs that had been prepared in advance for that purpose."
The agency detailed that during the attack
, machine guns, a pistol, incendiary bombs, and knives
were used - used to "slit the throats of several inside the room and in the hallways" - while it indicated that the alleged jihadists aimed at the heads of the attendees. to the event.
The terrorists set the place on fire after the gun attack.
Photo: EFE
Likewise, Amaq
celebrated that the attack resulted in "an infinite number of victims"
and estimated the number of dead and wounded at 300, while indicating that the attack was carried out "in the normal context of war between the Islamic State and the countries who fight against Islam".
According to Russian investigators, most of the deaths in the Crocus room were from gunshot wounds and asphyxiation due to smoke from the fire set by the attackers.
The Russian site Baza reported that
the terrorists deliberately set fire to the emergency exits
to block people inside Crocus.
This was stated by sources linked to emergency services agents, who analyzed the actions of the terrorists.
They concluded that the criminals did not set fire to the building at random, but rather chose places near the emergency exits.
In some doors there were several people lying, almost like a mountain.
Because of this, the doors did not open and had to be forced open.
The same media maintains that the investigators were working to search for mobile phones among the rubble, with the clue of finding one belonging to the terrorists who participated in the attack.
Putin did not name ISIS, but spoke of a terrorist attack
Nineteen hours after the attack, the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, stated that "all those responsible will be punished" and denounced that Ukraine "provided the route" for the attackers.
Additionally, he compared the shooters to Nazis and declared March 24 a day of mourning throughout the country.
In the middle of his message recorded and shown on local TV, the president said that they face "not only a carefully planned and cynical terrorist attack, but a prepared and organized mass murder of peaceful and defenseless people."
However, he did not name ISIS, despite the fact that a faction claimed responsibility for the attack last night.
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The Russian president gave the first message to the country after the attack.
"In cold blood they went to shoot against our citizens, against our children
as the Nazis did before
in occupied territories. This is a specific action to sow terror. All those responsible will be punished. Whoever their leader is, we are going to punish all those who are behind these terrorists and prepared the attack against our population," emphasized the president of the Russian Federation.
"We know what the threat of terrorism is. We count on the support of all states that share our point of view and who are ready to join forces against terrorism. Only one fate awaits inhuman terrorists: punishment. No have no future," he said.