(Hill) The deadly ISIS-K attack on a Moscow concert hall last week is raising concerns that plots by the terrorist group, once restricted to Afghanistan, could be carried out in the United States and Europe — and sooner than thought.
Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, the Central Asian offshoot of the terror group the Islamic State, claimed responsibility for killing at least 143 people and injuring more than 100 others when four gunmen burst into the Crocus City Hall theater in Moscow just ahead of a concert on March [22].
The high-profile attack, the deadliest on Russia in two decades, is all the more jarring given the group’s limited ability to carry out attacks beyond the Middle East just a few years ago. Experts warn that the speed with which ISIS-K has been able to broaden its scope in its attacks should be taken seriously.
