• Russia arrests suspected gunmen as concert death toll soars to 143

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 23 09:00:12 2024
    Russia arrests suspected gunmen as concert death toll soars to 143

    11 arrested, including four suspected gunmen, Kremlin says
    Death toll officially at 133
    FSB says gunmen arrested heading to Ukraine border
    Ukraine has denied involvement; Islamic State claims attack

    Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for
    Friday's rampage but there were indications that Russia was pursuing a Ukrainian link, despite emphatic denials from Ukrainian officials that
    Kyiv had anything to do with it.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-suspects-moscow-attack-detained-after-car-chase-lawmaker-2024-03-23/

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to JAB on Sun Mar 24 10:38:21 2024
    On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:00:12 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Russia arrests suspected gunmen as concert death toll soars to 143

    11 arrested, including four suspected gunmen, Kremlin says
    Death toll officially at 133
    FSB says gunmen arrested heading to Ukraine border
    Ukraine has denied involvement; Islamic State claims attack

    Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for
    Friday's rampage but there were indications that Russia was pursuing a >Ukrainian link, despite emphatic denials from Ukrainian officials that
    Kyiv had anything to do with it.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-suspects-moscow-attack-detained-after-car-chase-lawmaker-2024-03-23/

    Now Putin has blamed this incident on Ukraine ====================================

    Western Ukraine, Kyiv hit by 'massive' Russian air attack; Poland says
    its airspace violated

    Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv came under a
    "massive" Russian air attack early Sunday, officials said, and Polish
    forces were also placed on heightened readiness.

    https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240324-poland-on-alert-as-western-ukraine-kyiv-hit-by-massive-russian-air-attack

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 25 20:58:46 2024
    Russia's Putin says 'radical Islamists' behind Moscow concert hall
    attack

    Russian leader also suggests Ukraine is somehow involved in the attack
    without providing any evidence.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin says for the first time that "radical Islamists" were behind last week's attack on a concert hall outside
    Moscow but suggests Ukraine was also somehow involved.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/25/russias-putin-says-radical-islamists-behind-moscow-concert-hall-attack

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