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Who are ISIS-K and why would they attack a concert hall in Russia?
The U.S. has intelligence confirming Islamic State's claim of responsibility for a deadly shooting attack at a concert near Moscow on Friday‚ a U.S. official told Reuters.
Here is information about the Islamic State's Afghan branch known as ISIS-K and their motives for attacking Russia:
WHAT IS ISIS-K?
Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K)‚ named after an old term for the region that included parts of Iran‚ Turkmenistan and Afghanistan‚ emerged in eastern Afghanistan in late 2014...