The four men accused of involvement in an attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed 137 people have been remanded in custody, as Russia observed a national day of mourning following the attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS).
The four men accused of involvement in an attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed 137 people have been remanded in custody, as Russia observed a national day of mourning following the attack claimed by the Islamic State .
One of the defendants had one of his ears bandaged, as in earlier videos of their arrest Saturday, when three of them had bloodied faces. On Saturday, IS posted on Telegram that the attack was"carried out by four IS fighters armed with machine guns, a pistol, knives and firebombs" as part of"the raging war" with"countries fighting Islam".
Russian investigators said that after walking through the theatre shooting spectators, the gunmen set fire to the building, trapping many inside. "People don't smile... everybody feels the loss," said 73-year-old Valentina Karenina, a pensioner standing on a street off Red Square. More than 5,000 people donated blood following the attack, officials said, with many standing in long queues outside clinics.Mr Putin vowed"retribution and oblivion" to the"terrorists, murderers and non-humans" who carried out the"barbaric terrorist attack".
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