Putin says Moscow concert gunman were 'radical Islamists'

Vladimir Putin has said the gunmen who carried out the terror attack at a concert hall in Moscow that killed more than 130 people last week were 'radical Islamists' as he insists the terrorists had been attempting to 'flee to Ukraine.'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the killings were carried out by extremists 'whose ideology the Islamic world has been fighting for centuries' he has so far refrained from saying IS were responsible for the attack READ MORE: Moscow attack: Why has ISIS struck Russia? How country's role in fighting Islamic State made it a target for jihadists - and influx of Asian recruits made it easier to strike the capital

They appeared in court alongside Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32, and Shamsidin Fariduni, 25 who also appeared in court bruised and beaten. Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, a suspect in the shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, sits behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants at the Basmanny district court in MoscowCrocus City Hall was still smouldering hours after the attack on Friday

READ MORE: ISIS threatens to 'massacre' Putin and Russians and says Moscow attack terrorists' torture 'has increased our bloodlust' - as new footage shows one murderer caught hiding up a tree and Kremlin vows to 'kill everyone involved' Advertisement Dmitry Medvedev, who was Russia's president from 2008 2012, had especially harsh comments about them.

As they mowed down concertgoers with gunfire, the attackers set fire to the vast concert hall, and the resulting blaze caused the roof to collapse.

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