Moscow attack: death toll rises to 137 people

Ce dimanche a été décrété jour de deuil national par les autorités russes. De nombreux Moscovites ont rendu hommage aux personnes décédés, dont le nombre s'élève désormais à 137. XinHua – Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr

The Russian Investigative Committee announced this Sunday afternoon that the death toll from Friday evening's attack on a concert hall in the suburbs of Moscow now stands at 137 dead.

It's hardly a surprise: the results of Friday evening's attack on a concert hall, the Crocus City Hall, located in the suburbs of Moscow, claimed by the Islamic State (EI) is getting heavier. The Russian investigative committee announced this Sunday afternoon that the death toll now stands at 137. To date, 62 of them have been identified.

According to the latest data collected from local authorities, the attack also left nearly 180 people injured. Around 110 of them are still hospitalized, 32 were nevertheless able to leave the hospital.

The perpetrators of the attack in Moscow

According to the state-controlled Russian news agency RIA, the suspects in the attack, arrested on Saturday, were taken to Moscow. They were presented to the investigation committee. The latter said that two assault rifles and a large quantity of ammunition had been found at the scene of the attack.

While executives of Vladimir Putin's regime are calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty, Muscovites gathered in emotion all day Sunday, on the occasion of the day of mourning. ;national. Furthermore, foreign observers question the silence of the Russian authorities regarding the Islamic State's claim. Russian power continues to point the finger at Ukraine.

A video of the attack released by the Islamic State

This questioning is all the more insistent since a video, attributed to IS, was published on social networks usually used by the IS ;Islamic State (IS), announce our colleagues from Figaro. At least that’s what the Site group, specializing in anti-terrorist research, presents.

"This one minute and 31 second video shows several individuals with blurred faces and garbled voices, armed with assault rifles and knives, in what appears to be the lobby of the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk. The attackers fired several bursts, numerous inert bodies littered the ground and we could see the start of a fire in the background", our colleagues tell us.