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Russia’s Putin says ‘radical Islamists’ behind Moscow concert hall attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a meeting to discuss measures taken after the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside Moscow [Mikhail Metzel/Reuters]

Russian President Vladimir Putin says for the first time that “radical Islamists” were behind last week’s attack on a concert hall outside Moscow but suggests Ukraine was also somehow involved.

Eleven people have been detained in connection with Friday’s attack, which saw camouflaged gunmen storm into Crocus City Hall, open fire on concert-goers and set the building ablaze, killing at least 137 people.

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