IS claims responsibility after 143 killed in Russia concert shooting; 4 gunmen held
Moscow, March 23
Russia has arrested 11 persons, including four suspected gunmen, in connection with a shooting rampage that killed at least 143 in a concert hall near Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
Militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, the deadliest in Russia in 20 years. But there were indications that Russia quiet neighbourhood,” he said in Singapore in response to a question on India’s ties with Pakistan. “It’s not a one-off happening… but very sustained, almost at an industry level… So what we have come to conclude is that we have to find a way of addressing (the menace), that dodging the problem gets us nowhere, it only invites more trouble,” he said after a lecture at the South Asian Studies of National University of Singapore. Jaishankar is on a visit to Singapore after which he will go to the Philippines and Malaysia.
In the Philippines, Jaishankar will meet Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo to discuss trade and tourism. They could also mull over a proposed cooperation among Philippines, Japan, and India with regard to the Indo-Pacific Region.
