PARIS, March 24, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A video apparently shot by gunmen who
carried out the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall has been posted on
social media accounts typically used by the jihadist group Islamic State
(IS), according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

The video, which lasts a minute and a half, shows several individuals with
blurred faces and garbled voices, armed with assault rifles and knives.

They appear to be the lobby of the Crocus City Hall concert venue in
Krasnogorsk, northwest of the Russian capital.

The attackers fire several bursts of gunfire, numerous inert bodies are
strewn about and a fire can be seen starting in the background.

The video appeared on a Telegram account considered, according to the SITE
monitoring group, to belong to Amaq, the news arm of IS.

The attack, for which IS claimed responsibility on Friday evening, killed at
least 133 people.

It was the deadliest attack claimed by the jihadist group on European soil.

According to the Kremlin, 11 people have been arrested. Among them are the
four presumed perpetrators of the attack, who, according to Moscow, were
heading for Ukraine.

Neither President Vladimir Putin nor the security services (FSB) have accused
the jihadist group. Kiev has firmly denied any involvement.

The head of the state-run RT media outlet, Margarita Simonyan, posted two
videos of interrogations of two handcuffed suspects. They both admitted to
the attack but did not say who had organised it.

AFP was unable to confirm the veracity of the videos.