Putin acknowledges radical Islamists carried out concert hall attack | DW News

Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged for the first time that radical Islamists carried out Friday's attack on a concert hall near Moscow that killed more than 130 people.

Four men from Tajikistan have now been charged with carrying out an act of terrorism after appearing before a Moscow court on Sunday. In the wake of the massacre, Putin accused Ukraine of being involved - even as a branch of the so-called Islamic State claimed it was responsibile for the assault.

In remarks at a Kremlin meeting, Putin said the attack intended to sow panic among Russians.

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0:00 Putin's new acknowledgement
1:27 Roman Goncharenko, DW Eastern Europe Editor
4:42 Juri Rescheto, DW Riga Bureau Chief
8:53 Orysia Lutsevych, Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme

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