The alleged culprits behind the deadly shooting in Moscow had ambitions for attacks beyond Russia, according to Western intelligence agencies.
Monday during a visit to French Guyana, referring to the Afghan branch of ISIS, Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K, according to Le Monde.The comments come just days after ISIS claimed responsibility for the concert hall shooting in Moscow that left 133 dead and 147 injured,
France, which has suffered numerous ISIS-linked terrorist attacks—including the Bataclan concert attack in 2015 and the ramming attack on Bastille Day in Nice in 2016—had already instituted a high security level in advance of the Paris Olympics slated to take place this summer.officials discussed the Moscow attack during a national security council meeting Monday, announcing more robust security checks and surveillance as well.
The Taliban has since “struggled” to dismantle ISIS-K’s clandestine cells and prevent attacks, according to the State Department. Last year, Germany and the Netherlands arrested an ISIS-K network of Tajik, Turkmen and Kyrgyz people plotting an attack inAlthough ISIS lost its base in Iraq and Syria years ago, it has increasingly relied upon regional branches, such as ISIS-K, to plot attacks against the west and western interests, according to U.S. officials. An American intelligence community report from earlier this month assessed that ISIS’ “regional affiliates will continue to expand.
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