Mar 25, 2024
Aposter purportedly from the Islamic State (IS) group has been circulated on social media threatening attacks on Russia, days after the Islamist group claimed responsibility for the storming of a concert center in Moscow.
The poster has been circulated by Iranian media, citing Al Azaim, a propaganda network of IS-Khorasan, according to screenshots shared by X users, such as Ukrainian internal affairs advisor Anton Gerashchenko. It has also been widely viewed on Russian Telegram channels. The information has not been verified and Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin for comment.
IS-Khorasan, founded in Afghanistan in late 2014, has said it was behind Friday’s attack on the Crocus Center in the Russian capital which killed at least 137 people.
Four suspects from Tajikistan face terror charges and have all pleaded guilty, according to the state-run TASS news agency.
MIKHAIL METZEL/GETTY IMAGES
They appeared in court with reports noting how they appeared to have been beaten and tortured. In protest against the torture and interrogation of members of the organization, the militants promise to carry out a new terrorist attack on Russia, said the poster.
A Russian language version of the message widely shared is headlined “Threat to all cruel Russians, including Putin” in front of an image of a masked man holding a knife. Underneath, the poster says, “Be warned, do not think that we do not have the opportunity to avenge our brothers held hostage.
“With Friday’s attack, we showed you that with the permission of Allah, the mujahadeen of the Islamic State can punish you for your savagery.”
The Russian Telegram channel Supernova Plus shared the image, posting that in protest against torture and interrogation of members of the organization, the Islamist group was “organizing another terrorist attack in the Russian Federation.”
It follows the release of graphic video by IS showing attackers firing on the crowd inside the concert hall, which has been deemed genuine by media outlets such as the BBC.
No Russian official has backed the IS claim, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that it was inappropriate to comment on it until the investigation had been completed.
Russian officials and Kremlin propagandists had earlier claimed without evidence there was Ukrainian involvement in the massacre which was Russia’s worst for two decades.
Kyiv and the U.S., which issued a warning about an impending attack on Russia, have rejected Moscow’s claims.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-terrorist-attack-putin-1883130
I’m certainly no ISIS fan. Never was, never will be. But, the attack in moscow was an attack by terrorists on bigger terrorists, so it can be seen as poetic justice. And, I wouldn’t mind at all to see more such attacks in the shithole.
Indeed, Ofp, much better than terror against Western countries! But Russia really did more to fight ISIS in Syria, so Putin brought this onto his country himself. Which probably is one major reason why he won’t admit that this was a retaliation act by ISIS. It’s much more politically convenient for him to pretend it had been Ukraine. 🙄
Putler’s main interest in Syria is to prop up the other war criminal, Assad. ISIS as ISIS doesn’t really matter to him. ISIS being brutal murderers are more closely associated with his own way of thinking.
The type of pure, concentrated evil that Ukrainians are up against is illustrated in this quote from the rat nazi today in the DT:
“Speaking at a televised video conference with senior officials on Monday evening, Putin suggested the murderous attack “just a link in a whole series of attempts by those who have been at war with our country since 2014 by the hands of the neo-Nazi Kyiv regime”, he said.
“Of course, it is necessary to answer the question, why after committing the crime the terrorists tried to go to Ukraine? Who was waiting for them there?” he added.”
Monstrous evil.
God bless and protect Ukraine from dirty, filthy putinaZi savages.
It’s these kinds of words from this filthy creature’s dark and smelly trap that gives me joy when I see terrorism visiting the shithole.
“With Friday’s attack, we showed you that with the permission of Allah, the mujahadeen of the Islamic State can punish you for your savagery.”
putler wants to know who is behind this attack. You can’t get much more evidence than that, but it does not fit putlers evil agenda.
The rhetoric in mafia land is changing. The evidence is simply too large for even the dirtiest mafia lies to cover up.
I noticed that putler said it was Islamic terrorists but is still claiming Ukraine are involved. He’s trying to climb out of a big hole he created for himself but is failing miserably.
As usual. 😂
I do not support muslim (IS) scum, but i supported Nemcov and Navalny. I think Putin should step downe and all people should decide their future instead of being tortured by an ex-KGB fossil, trying to ruin all the freedoms the East achieved after the fall of the Berlin wall.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. ISIS is the lesser evil in this case.
Why doesn’t Ukraine take the war directly to the kremlin and finish what Prigozhin started? ISIS is shooting up the place while all “law enforcement” run for the hills from any kind of actual threat. Siloviki are pretty good at beating babushka but they run like hell when bullets fly. I’m quite certain Ukraine has enough of their own weapons and vehicles to take out one target.
I fully agree. I’ve been a proponent all along for attacking mafia land, although in a roundabout way. The Ukrainians should do everything possible to help the free Russians advance to moscow.
Well isn’t this the perfect example of ‘The Enemy of my Enemy.’
Indeed, it is. ISIS is the lesser evil in this case.
I’d like to see video of the goat fuckers sawing off putlers ugly head with a blunt bread knife
You and me, too.