[UPDATE: 62 DEAD] – US officials CONFIRM claim of responsibility by ISIS for Moscow terrorist attack

by The Right Scoop

It’s being reported tonight that US officials have confirmed the claim of responsibility by ISIS for the horrible terrorist attack in Moscow earlier today.

Here’s more from CBS News:

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on affiliated channels on social media. In a statement posted by its Aamaq news agency, the group said it attacked a large gathering of Christians in the city of Krasnogorsk on the outskirts of the Russian capital of Moscow, killing and wounding hundreds. It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the claim.

A U.S. official tells CBS News the U.S. has intelligence confirming the Islamic State’s claims of responsibility, and that they have no reason to doubt those claims. The U.S. official also confirmed that the U.S. provided intelligence to Russia about a potential attack under the intelligence community’s Duty to Warn requirement.

National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson confirmed that in a statement provided to CBS News Friday evening.

“Earlier this month, the U.S. government had information about a planned terrorist attack in Moscow —potentially targeting large gatherings, to include concerts— which prompted the State Department to issue a public advisory to Americans in Russia,” Watson said. “The U.S. government also shared this information with Russian authorities in accordance with its longstanding ‘duty to warn’ policy.”

A U.S. law enforcement official tells CBS News that there is no known threat to the U.S. emanating from the Moscow attack.

 
[UPDATE]
It’s being reported now that the death toll from the ISIS terrorist attack in Moscow is up to 62 dead:


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