Pakistani Offshoot of ISIS Says India, America and China Their Next Target

Islamabad – Days after the Islamic State conducted a devastating terror attack in Russia's capital Moscow, the Pakistani wing of ISIS issued threats against India, the United States, Denmark and China. According to the Islamic State Pakistan Province (ISPP) affiliated Nashir Media, the terror group issued threat posters warning the four nations to be aware.

The poster shared by the terror group comprised of maps of the four countries along with the warning written in Urdu. “Ab Kis Ki Baari Hai (Who's next)". The group added photographs from the Kandhar attack and the Moscow attack, giving a nod to those devastating terror incidents. On March 21, a suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar city killed three people and injured 12 others. While Afghanistan's capital is  Kabul, the country's Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada lives in Kandahar City, for decades the stronghold of the Taliban movement, Dawn reported. A day after the incident in Afghanistan, over 130 people lost their lives in a Crocus City Hall massacre in Moscow. 

Death toll increases in Moscow terror attack 

Meanwhile, the death toll from last week's Moscow concert hall attack rose to 143, Russian authorities announced  Wednesday. The authorities also noted that around 80 people are still wounded in the siege and remain in the hospital. The updated fatalities were shared by Russia's Emergencies Ministry, however, the exact number of people who were injured in the incident was shared by Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko. Shortly after the attack, Russia's Federal Security Service, or the FSB, said it had arrested 11 people the day after the attack, including four suspected gunmen. It was later found out that the four men were citizens of Tajikistan. While ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack, Russian officials, including President Putin has maintained that Ukraine and the West had a role in the devastating attack.