Gunmen who carried out a deadly assault on a concert hall in Moscow have purportedly shared a video of the attack on social media platforms affiliated with the jihadist group Islamic State, as reported by the SITE Intelligence Group.
The one-and-a-half-minute video, which Express.co.uk has chosen not to share, features individuals with obscured faces and distorted voices wielding assault rifles and knives. The setting seems to be the lobby of the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk, situated northwest of Moscow.
In the footage, the attackers unleash gunfire, resulting in numerous lifeless bodies scattered around, while a fire ignites in the background.
The video emerged on a Telegram account believed to be associated with Amaq, identified by the SITE monitoring group as the media wing of Islamic State.
Family and friends of those still missing after the attack that killed more than 130 people at a suburban Moscow concert hall waited for news of their loved ones as Russia observed a day of national mourning on Sunday.
Events at cultural institutions were canceled, flags were lowered to half-staff and television entertainment and advertising were suspended, according to state news agency RIA Novosti.
The attack, which has been claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group, is the deadliest on Russian soil in years.
As rescuers continue to search the damaged building and the death toll rises as more bodies are found, some families still don’t know if relatives who went to the event targeted by gunmen on Friday are alive.
The Moscow Region’s Emergency Situations Ministry posted a video Sunday showing equipment dismantling the damaged music venue to give rescuers access.
Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin appears to be trying to tie Ukraine to the attack, something its government firmly denies.
Russian authorities arrested four suspected attackers on Saturday, Putin said in a nighttime address to the nation, among 11 people detained suspicion of involvement in the attack. He said that they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine.
