ISIS-affiliated information company Amaq launched a graphic video on Saturday that purports to indicate Friday’s assault at a live performance corridor in suburban Moscow recorded by one of many attackers, suggesting the perpetrators had a direct hyperlink to ISIS so as to have the ability to ship the video.
CNN has geolocated it to the live performance corridor and notes that its figuring out metadata has been erased.
The video, which is about 90 seconds lengthy, reveals 4 attackers with their faces blurred and voices distorted in what seems to be the Crocus City Hall complicated.
The video reveals one attacker signaling to a different gunman, who then walks previous a door the place persons are hiding and opens fireplace on them.
Bodies and blood may be seen on the ground, with fireplace raging at a distance.
The video additionally reveals one of many attackers slitting the throat of a person mendacity on his again.
The video ends with the 4 attackers strolling away contained in the constructing as smoke may be seen at a distance.
On Friday, ISIS claimed duty for the assault, in accordance with a brief assertion revealed by Amaq.
On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Ukraine was behind the assault, stating the perpetrators had “tried to cover and moved in the direction of Ukraine, the place, in accordance with preliminary information, a window was ready for them on the Ukrainian facet to cross the border.”
Ukraine has vehemently denied any connection to Friday’s assault.