RUSSIA TERROR: ISIS claim responsibility after shooting leaves two people dead
ISLAMIC State (ISIS) have taken responsibility for a deadly attack in Russia which has left two people dead.
Two people have died after an ISIS-claimed attack in Russia
An intelligence official was killed on Friday when a gunman opened fire in an office branch of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) office.
A visitor to the facility was also slain in the bloody incident, which occurred in Khabarovsk, a city in the far-east of the Russia near the border with China. Another visitor was injured.
A spokesperson for FSB, which is seen as the successor to the infamous Soviet KGB, confirmed the news.
They said: “An unknown person entered the reception of the FSB's Khabarovsk regional branch and started shooting at people inside.”
The attacker was killed at the scene, with ISIS claiming him as one of their deranged fighters.
Police outside the FSB office in Khabarovsk
The Site Intelligence Group, a US-based monitoring service, said the death cult had claimed responsibility for the attack through their Amaq news agency.
That contradicted earlier media reports, which said the FSB believed the gunman was a far-right nationalist.
Emergency services arrive at scene of Russian FSB shooting
One Russian news agency had quoted a FSB spokesman as saying: ”Some information points to his being a member of a neo-Nazi group.”
The visitor who was killed and the one who was injured were from former Soviet states outside Russia, according to the security service.
Police at the scene of the attack in the far-east of Russia
A police investigation has been launched and evidence is being gathered at the crime scene.
Earlier this month Russia was shaken by a suicide bombing of the St Petersburg metro, which killed 16 people.
A crowd outside the FSB office following the shooting on Friday
The suspected suicide bomber and his alleged accomplices were from Central Asia.
The man Russian police believe was the suicide bomber had developed an interest in Islam and soon after travelled to Turkey.