Islamic State claims responsibility, but Russia’s government may be gearing up to blame Ukraine
Editor’s note : This article was updated after Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. Its claim was impossible to verify.concert hall turned into a hellish crime scene on the evening of March 22nd when a group of masked gunmen with automatic rifles opened fire on crowds at a rock gig. Footage from Crocus City hall showed at least four men shooting at unarmed people before entering the foyer area leading to the auditorium.
“We literally jumped over corpses to escape,” a woman identified as Polina L told 112, a social-media channel closely connected to Russian law enforcement. “People ran, and they hid...We hitched a ride a couple of kilometres away, so afraid were we that they would also shoot on the street.” President Vladimir Putin later chose to dismiss the Western warnings during his annual address to his most senior spies on March 19th. “All this resembles outright blackmail and an intention to intimidate and destabilise our society,” he was reported as saying.
Who might have been behind the attack? There is no shortage of potential suspects. The Kremlin’s brutal two-year war in Ukraine has created new enemies and increased the amount of arms in open circulation among returnee soldiers. There is a strong nationalist and vigilante movement at home. The Kremlin’s involvement in bloody conflicts internally in Chechnya and Dagestan, and also in places like Syria, have also long made Russia a target for Islamist terrorist groups.
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