Moscow, “men in camouflage and Ukrainian flag” on an attacker’s cell phone –

On the phone of one of those accused in the terrorist attack on Crocus in Moscow on March 22 “photos of people in camouflage with the flag of Ukraine were found near destroyed houses and a Ukrainian stamp with an obscene symbol”. Russian investigators made this known on Telegram. This is a detail which, according to the Russian authorities, strongly relaunches the idea that Kiev was the instigator of the massacre claimed by ISIS. Again according to Mosca, the firing group “went to the concert hall because this was chosen as the location of the attack on the instructions of the instigator who led the terrorists’ actions”. “On the morning of February 24, 2024, that is, on the anniversary of the start of the special military operation, one of the accomplices of the terrorists, on the instructions of the instigator, found on the Internet and sent him screenshots of the images of the entrances to the Crocus as well as the streets access to it,” the Russian Security Department said in a statement.

The Russian Investigative Committee, meanwhile, has explicitly announced that it is studying a Ukrainian lead in the attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) organization. “Investigators managed to recover data from the mobile phones of those accused of committing the attack on the Crocus town hall,” the Investigative Committee, responsible for major investigations in the country, said in a statement. On March 22, gunmen entered the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow before opening fire on the crowd and setting the building on fire. At least 144 people died and 360 were injured in the attack claimed by ISIS. Twelve suspects were arrested, including the four alleged attackers, from Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia.