US warned Russia about terrorist attack in "Crocus" - Washington Post
Two weeks before the attack, the US government informed Russian officials that Crocus City Hall was a potential terrorist target.
According to Censor.NET, this was reported in the Washington Post.
US officials noted that more than two weeks before the tragedy at the concert hall, Moscow received information that the venue could be the target of a terrorist attack.
"This raises the question of why the Russian authorities did not take more stringent measures to ensure the security of the place where the militants staged the tragedy that killed more than 140 people and set the building on fire," the newspaper said.
Islam Khalilov, a teenager who worked as a cloakroom attendant at the concert hall, helped people to evacuate from the building that night. In an interview, he said that the staff had been warned of a possible terrorist attack.
The second alleged target of the terrorists was a synagogue in the Russian capital. The very next day after receiving the warning, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation announced that Islamic State militants' plans to attack a synagogue in Moscow had been prevented.
"The high level of specificity in the warning underscores Washington's belief that the Islamic State was preparing for an attack that threatened large numbers of civilians and directly contradicts Moscow's claims that the US warnings were too general to help prevent the attack," the newspaper notes.
Terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall near Moscow
On the evening of 22 March, a shooting took place at Crocus City Hall in the Moscow region. Later, a fire broke out in the building. On the morning of 23 March, the head of the FSS reported to Putin that 11 people had been detained, including "all 4 terrorists". According to recent reports, 143 people died in the shooting at Crocus City Hall in the Moscow region.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that the terrorists who opened fire at the Crocus City Hall concert hall intended to flee to Ukraine. Later, Putin admitted that the 22 March attack at the Crocus City Hall was carried out by "radical Islamists", but he believes that the perpetrators were "those who are fighting Russia with the hands of the Kyiv regime".
Iranian media reported that ISIS terrorists announced a new terrorist attack in Russia "very soon".
The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine of terrorist attacks on Russian territory and demanded the arrest and extradition of "all persons involved in the attacks," including the arrest of the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Maliuk.
FSS Director Bortnikov also said that Ukraine, the US and the UK were behind the terrorist attack in the Moscow region.
