Islamic State says Moscow attackers fled due to weapons “malfunction”

The four responsible for the attack on the concert hall a week ago Croco City Hallnorthwest of Moscowfled the scene after their weapons “suddenly” stopped working, the terrorist group said this Friday. Islamic state (HEY).

“The sudden malfunction of their weapons forced them to quickly abandon the location, initiating an exhaustive search operation in which the ground forces and aerial”indicated the editorial of the weekly magazine ‘Al-Nabaspread through the terrorist organization’s channels.

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The ISIS-affiliated publication acknowledged that the four alleged jihadists they were “besieged” in a forest as they tried to flee after last Friday’s attack, which according to Russian authorities It left more than 140 people dead.

Three of the attackers were instructed to shoot directly at those present in the ballroom with their machine guns, while the fourth “was assigned to set fire to the installation with pumps and incendiary materials” with the aim of “block any rescue operation according to ‘Al-Naba‘.

“Around 200 Christians were shot just before some of the weapons (of the attackers) stopped working, but they didn’t stop the attack and continued killing everyone they found in their path before leaving the room,” the publication said, citing unnamed IS security sources.

On the other hand, the magazine’s editor stated that Russian authorities “were forced to accuse their opponents in West” of the attack, in reference Ukrainefor “not recognizing their great failure before the combatants” of the terrorist organization.

He Federal Security Service (FSB) Russo reported the arrest of eleven people in connection with the attack, four of whom participated in the attack and offered resistance during his arrest on a highway in the region of Bryanskon the border with Ukraine and where, according to Russian authorities, they allegedly intended to flee.

Russia admitted that the attack on the outskirts of Moscow was perpetrated by Islamists, but insists on seeking a “Ukrainian footprint”.

Source: Elcomercio

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