UPDATE--Moscow death toll rises to 133 in jihad attack by ISIS: 11 suspects arrested

Friday's Islamic jihad attack at a concert near Moscow has risen to 133, as authorities say they have arrested 11 suspects, four of whom were directly involved in the bloodbath.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the jihad attack in a statement on its affiliated social media channels. The U.S. has said it has intelligence confirming that, according to several outlets. Russia's Investigative Committee said it has opened a criminal probe into the attack.

The attack began when Muslim gunmen donning combat gear burst into Crocus City Hall in the city of Krasnogorsk, where concert-goers were gathering to hear the Russian band Picnic. Video [which will not be shown here] showed jihadis opening fire, shooting attendees at close range and setting off smoke bombs. They also threw explosives inside the hall, setting the building ablaze. Although people were being evacuated, a number of them were trapped inside the burning building, Russian media reported.

"Intelligence agencies have detained 11 people, including four terrorists, who were directly involved in an attack on the Crocus City Hall, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement, according to Russian state news agency Tass. The FSB is similar to our FBI, only less corrupt at the top.

"It has already been established that the terrorist attack was carefully planned. The weapons that the terrorists used had been placed in a cache in advance," the FSB noted.

Meanwhile, back in the United States, gun control extremists blame the entire incident on evil guns and call for stricter gun control here in order to avoid a similar incident from happening. However, after researching the gun control situation in Russia, using my somewhat trusty Chat GPT4, I found the following:

Gun control laws in Russia are generally quite strict. In Moscow, there are specific requirements and regulations for acquiring firearms, including background checks, permits, and registration. Only licensed individuals are allowed to purchase and possess firearms, and there are restrictions on the types of firearms that can be owned. It is important to abide by these laws to ensure public safety and comply with the regulations in place.

I also found that Russia's gun control laws are federal so they apply to all of Russia.

Initially, the FSB pinned the blame on Ukraine, with Russia's Investigative Committee saying that four suspects were stopped in the Bryansk region of western Russia, "not far from the border with Ukraine."

They planned to cross the border into Ukraine and "had contacts" there, state news agency Tass said, citing Russia’s FSB.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied any Ukrainian involvement before ISIS gleefully claimed responsibility.

"Ukraine certainly has nothing to do with the shooting/explosions in the Crocus City Hall (Moscow Region, Russia). It makes no sense whatsoever," Zelenskyy said on social media, adding, in part, "there is not the slightest doubt that the events in the Moscow suburbs will contribute to a sharp increase in military propaganda, accelerated militarization, expanded mobilization, and, ultimately, the scaling up of the war. And also to justify manifest genocidal strikes against the civilian population of Ukraine."

Putin has wished all those injured a speedy recovery and praised medical staff, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said, adding, "President Putin's atheist prayers go out to all who are affected by this horrible event, dah."

Russian special services are still conducting search operations. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin canceled all mass events in the capital in the next two days, and a number of other Russian regions followed suit.

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