Islamic State urges supporters to target ‘crusaders’ everywhere, especially in US, Europe and Israel

Name: Russia charges 4 men with terrorism after more than 130 killed in Moscow concert attack
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In Telegram message, IS spokesman Abu Huthaifa al-Ansari also praised the group’s attack that killed more than 140 people in a Russian concert hall

Russia said they had proof that Crocus City Hall gunmen were linked to ‘Ukrainian nationalists’, an assertion dismissed by US as baseless propaganda

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The burnt-out Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow. Islamic State jihadists claimed responsibility for the attack on the venue last week that killed more than 140 people. Photo: AFP

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Published: 5:24am, 29 Mar 2024Updated: 7:04am, 29 Mar 2024

The spokesman for Islamic State has praised the group’s attack that killed more than 140 people in a Russian concert hall near Moscow.

Abu Huthaifa al-Ansari was speaking in a recorded message posted on Thursday on the militant group’s Telegram channel.

Al-Ansari also reiterated urging the group’s supporters to target “crusaders” everywhere, especially in the United States, Europe and Israel.

“We ask God that you make it to Palestine so you could fight the Jews face to face in an endless religious war,” he said.

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Russia charges 4 men with terrorism after more than 130 killed in Moscow concert attack

Russian investigators said on Thursday they had found proof that the concert hall gunmen were linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”, an assertion immediately dismissed by the United States as baseless propaganda.