Eighth suspect in Moscow attack appears in court, rights commissioner warns on torture
Reuters Russia remanded in custody on Tuesday a Kyrgyzstan-born man suspected of involvement in Friday’s mass shooting at a Moscow concert hall, and sent investigators to Tajikistan to question the families of four men charged with carrying out the attack. Eight suspects have now been remanded in pre-trial detention since gunmen sprayed concertgoers with bullets […]
Intelligence failure?: Moscow shooting poses awkward questions for Russia’s intelligence agencies
Reuters correspondents report in the aftermath of last week’s mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall…
Essay: Why would Islamic State attack Russia and what does this mean for the terrorism threat globally?
GREG BARTON, professor of global Islamic politics at the Alfred Deakin Institute in Australia, looks at the context for the mass shooting at a Moscow concert on Friday night…
Russians lower flags, lay flowers to honour concert hall attack victims
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia lowered flags to half-mast on Sunday for a day of mourning and swiftly charged two suspects after gunmen killed scores of people at a concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades. President Vladimir Putin declared a national day of mourning after pledging to punish all those […]
Death and fear stoked hell in the Moscow concert attack, witnesses say
Moscow, Russia Reuters The four armed men walked calmly towards the metal detectors at Crocus City Hall, firing their automatic weapons point-blank in short bursts at terrified civilians who fell screaming in a hail of bullets. Nearby, one witness named Natalya had just taken off her coat and was standing in line on Friday evening […]
Putin vows to punish those behind Russia concert massacre
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s rampage but there were indications that […]
Russia arrests suspected gunmen as concert toll soars to 115
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed at least 115 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, the deadliest in Russia for 20 years. But there were […]
Gunmen kill more than 60 in concert attack near Moscow, Islamic State claims responsibility
Updated: 1pm (AEDT) Moscow, Russia Reuters Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at concertgoers with automatic weapons on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 more in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants. In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with bullets just before Soviet-era rock […]
Russians lay flowers at Navalny’s grave, hail him as symbol of hope
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russians queued on Saturday to place flowers on the grave of late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, with mourners hailing him as a symbol of hope and perseverance the day after he was laid to rest in Moscow. Navalny’s mother Lyudmila was among the mourners, visiting her son’s grave for the second day, […]
Navalny’s parents bury their son as thousands chant his name
Moscow, Russia Reuters Thousands of Russians chanted Alexei Navalny’s name and said they would not forgive the authorities for his death as the opposition leader was laid to rest in Moscow on Friday. At a cemetery not far from where Navalny once lived, his mother Lyudmila and father Anatoly stooped over his open coffin to […]