President Vladimir Putin promised to find and punish the perpetrators of the crime, and Russia said that it has detained all four of the gunmen accused of carrying out a shooting atrocity in a music venue outside of Moscow, reports RTE.
Despite strong denials from Ukrainian officials that Kyiv was involved in any way, there were signs that Russia was investigating a possible connection to Ukraine. The militant Islamist organisation Islamic State claimed credit for yesterday’s massacre.
According to the official investigation committee of Russia, 133 persons had died. Without providing a source, State TV editor Margarita Simonyan had previously provided a toll of 143, reports RTE.
Mr. Putin said in a televised speech that 11 persons, including the four shooters, had been taken into custody.
“They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to cross the state border,” he said, reports RTE.
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