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Following the Chechen wars, a series of terrorist attacks and clashes between Russian and Islamist forces persisted into the 2010s. Since 2017, the North Caucasus has seen a resurgence of violence, attributed to the Islamic State. [24] In 2015 the group announced that it had established a "franchise" in the North Caucasus. [25]
Krasnogorsk, Russia Crocus City Hall attack: A mass shooting and multiple explosions occurred at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast. A fire broke out during the attack. [35] [36] The Islamic State claimed responsibility. Islamic State – Khorasan Province [37] Terrorism in Russia: 26 March Suicide bombing 6 (+1) 0 Shangla ...
On August 29th, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in its weekly "Al-Naba" newsletter, as well as the Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis which took place two months prior in June, with otherwise 0 casualties, praising the attackers and noting the similarity of both revolts.
On 22 March 2024, a coordinated terrorist attack against civilians occurred at the Crocus City Hall music venue in Crocus City, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The attack began at around 20:00 MSK , shortly before the Russian band Picnic was scheduled to play a sold-out show at the venue.
Other types of terrorism in modern Russia are less significant (the activity of such radical left-wing groups as New Revolutionary Alternative and terrorist attacks by racialist Russian nationalists, such as 2006 Moscow market bombing and the assassinations committed by Battle Organization of Russian Nationalists).
[9] [17] Russia officially treats the event as an act of terrorism, and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has initiated a terrorism probe. [18] The Ukrainian government and military denied carrying out a cross-border raid, [2] and suggested Russia could use the allegations to justify further attacks on Ukraine. [2]
Russia's chief investigator has stated the explosion was the work of terrorists. [4] Investigators found a male head and believed it might have been that of the suicide bomber. [7] [8] According to Russian newspaper accounts, the bombing was carried out by two suicide bombers, a man and a woman.
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