It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the claim the Islamic State made on social media.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack in Moscow in a statement posted on affiliated channels on social media. The statement, posted by its Amaq news agency, said the group attacked a large gathering of Christians in the city of Krasnogorsk on the outskirts of the Russian capital of Moscow, killing and wounding hundreds.
The attack took place as crowds gathered for a performance by the famous Russian rock band Picnic. Russian news reports said concertgoers were being evacuated, but that an unknown number could have been trapped by the blaze. Guards at the concert hall didn't have guns, and some could have been killed at the start of the attack, Russian media reported. Some Russian news outlets suggested that the assailants fled before special forces and riot police arrived.
The Kremlin didn't immediately blame anyone for the attack, but some Russian lawmakers were quick to accuse Ukraine of being behind it and called for ramping up strikes. Hours before the attack, the Russian military launched a sweeping barrage on Ukraine's power system, crippling the country's biggest hydroelectric plant and other energy facilities and leaving more than a million people without electricity.
John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said Friday that he couldn't yet speak about all the details but that"the images are just horrible. And just hard to watch."
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