Putin contradicts his own statement about the mass shooting in Crocus City Hall mall
It looks like Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has completely tangled himself up in his own statements regarding the March 22 ISIS mass shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall mall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.
On March 25, Putin seemingly acknowledged that the Islamic fundamentalist group ISIS were behind the attack, but a week later, he unexpectedly changed his tune.
"We know that radical Islamists carried out the attack," Putin asserted a few days after the mass shooting, which claimed the lives of at least 144 people.
However, on April 4, the Russian dictator instead promoted a fabricated narrative alleging “Ukrainian traces” in the mass shooting.
"Russia cannot be the target of terrorist attacks by Islamic fundamentalists," Putin said,claiming that Russia, a country which regularly imprisons representatives of indigenous religions, Islamic groups, and Christian faiths who disagree with his policies, is “a unique example of interfaith harmony and unity.”
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