The Kremlin refuses to comment on the Islamic State group's claims that it was behind the deadliest attack in Russia in two decades, as rescuers searched for bodies amid the rubble of the burnt-out Moscow concert hall.
The Kremlin is refusing to comment on Islamic State's claimed links to a terrorist attack in Moscow.Authorities continue to sift through the rubble of the site looking for the remains of victims.
"The investigation is still ongoing. No coherent version has yet been voiced," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.Officials expect the death toll to rise further, as rescuers were searching the site for remains on Monday and 97 are still in hospital.Mr Putin has no plans to visit the site of the attack, on the north-western edge of Moscow, Mr Peskov said.
"Special services are working tirelessly, dealing with all the threats, all the challenges facing our country and society," Mr Peskov said. The court identified them as Muhammadsobir Fayzov, Shamsidin Fariduni, Rachabalizoda Saidakrami and Dalerjon Mirzoyev.Two of them pled guilty, the court said.At least 137 people, including three children, were killed, according to the latest toll by Russian investigators.
More than 5,000 people were in the concert hall when the gunmen stormed in ahead of a sold-out rock concert, Russian state media cited a spokesperson from the venue owner as saying Monday.Rescuers will continue sifting through the rubble and clearing debris at the site until Tuesday evening, said Andrey Vorobyov, governor of the Moscow region.
"I think that it would be both cynical and counterproductive for Russia itself and the security of its citizens to use this context to try and turn it against Ukraine," he said.Mr Macron told media France has intelligence that "it was an entity of Islamic State that planned the attack and carried it out".
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