On Monday (25), the White House rejected Russian claims that the attack that killed more than 130 people at a concert hall near Moscow was linked to Ukraine.
“There was no connection with Ukraine. … This is just more Kremlin propaganda,” White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
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On Friday, gunmen stormed a popular music venue near Moscow and opened fire, according to preliminary information from Russia's Federal Security Service.
Videos from the site of the attack, the Crocus City Hall concert venue, show the vast complex in flames and smoke billowing into the air.
The RIA Novosti agency reported that the armed individuals “opened fire with automatic weapons” and “threw a grenade or an incendiary bomb, which started a fire”.
At least 139 people died as a result of the attack, including at least three children. Hours later, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement published by the Amaq news agency, affiliated with the group.
On Saturday (23), the group published a video that it says was taken at the time of the attack by the shooters themselves. The images were confirmed by geolocation.
The four men suspected of carrying out an attack on a Moscow concert complex have appeared in court on terrorism charges.
Three of the suspects were hunched over as they entered the Moscow courthouse on Sunday night (24), while the fourth was in a wheelchair and appeared unconscious.
The suspects, who are from the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan but worked in Russia on temporary or expired visas, were named by the Moscow Municipal Court as Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, Shamsidin Fariduni and Mukhammadsobir Faizov.
They face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Source: CNN Brasil
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