Russia says suspected Moscow attackers are foreign nationals

Russia says the four suspected gunmen arrested over Friday’s attack on a Moscow concert hall were not Russian citizens.

“They are all foreign nationals,” the interior ministry says in a statement, as Russian media reported some were nationals of Tajikistan, a country that borders Afghanistan and where the Islamic State group is active.

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