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Russia’s FSB security service reported that four individuals detained on Sunday in a thwarted “terror” scheme had supplied funds and weapons for the deadly assault on a Moscow concert venue last month. More than 140 individuals were killed when armed individuals invaded the Crocus City Hall venue on March 22 and subsequently set the structure ablaze, marking the deadliest attack in Russia in twenty years.

The faithful walked slowly in a procession past the stone facade of Gaza’s only Catholic church on Palm Sunday, gathering to pray for peace as war raged around them. Pope Francis sent prayers to the victims of the concert hall attack in Moscow, calling the violence "inhuman acts" that offended God. Russia observed a national […]

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has stated that the Friday concert attack is a barbaric act of terrorism, pledging to punish the perpetrators. He also accused Ukraine of preparing a “window” to help the suspects escape. Kyiv has vehemently denied any involvement in the attack. He made these statements in a public address he delivered on Saturday […]

On Saturday, Russian television aired footage of the detention and questioning of four men suspected of carrying out the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall. Russia’s Channel One television displayed footage of four suspects and their damaged white Renault car, reporting that they were captured by special forces in the village of Khatsun in […]

At a rock concert in a Moscow suburb on Friday, attackers wearing camouflage uniforms entered the building, opened fire, and threw a grenade or incendiary bomb, resulting in the deaths of at least 40 people, the wounding of 100, and starting a fire in the theatre, according to a journalist for the RIA Novosti news.