The US Senate named the possible cause of the terrorist attack at Crocus

The terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow could have occurred due to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. This opinion was expressed by Deputy Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Marco Rubio.

According to him, the terrorist attack could be repeated on American soil.

The official noted that under the administration of former US President Donald Trump, ISIS “virtually went out of business.” Rubio said the group had fewer than a thousand fighters left.

“And now they have recovered. Partly because, having left Afghanistan, we were unable to launch regular attacks on them“, he said in an interview with the TV channel ABC.

Rubio noted that the new Afghan authorities do not have the ability to effectively counter terrorists.

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the United States, after the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, was making excuses for Kyiv, covering up the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky with a mention of ISIS*. According to her, American political engineers have driven themselves into a trap with stories that the terrorist attack was carried out by ISIS*.

On the night of March 23, Reuters and CNN broadcast information that ISIS claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack. Note that the statement refers to a site that has not been used by the group for a long time.

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* ISIS (Islamic State, IS) is a terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation.

Terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall

On the evening of March 22, shooting began in the Crocus City Hall concert hall before the start of a performance by the Russian musical group Picnic. Then a fire broke out in the building. It was assigned an increased difficulty rank. Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov clarified that according to condition on the morning of March 23, the main fire was extinguished.

According to the latest data, 137 people were killed and 180 were injured as a result of the incident. According to children’s ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova, at least eight children were injured.

The victims receive all possible help. The situation is under the personal control of the Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko. Psychological assistance is also provided. National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry named after. Serbsky launched a hotline by phone +7 (495) 637-70-70.

A criminal case was opened under the article “Terrorist attack”. Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed about what was happening in Crocus City Hall in the first minutes after the shooting began. On the same day, the head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov, the Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, the director of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov and the chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin presented reports to the president on the progress of the investigation of the case.

On March 23, the FSB reported the detention of 11 people, including four militants who were directly involved in the terrorist attack. The attackers tried to escape in a car, heading towards the Russian-Ukrainian border, and were detained by security forces in the Bryansk region.

Vladimir Putin, in his address to Russians, called what happened in Crocus City Hall a bloody and barbaric terrorist act. The head of state stressed that all perpetrators, organizers and customers of this terrorist attack will be punished.

The day of national mourning for those killed in the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow began in Russia on Sunday, March 24. State flags were lowered in the country, cultural institutions were advised to cancel entertainment events, and television channels will not show advertising and entertainment programs.