Terror group Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Moscow music venue which killed over 130 people.
On Friday, gunmen stormed the Crocus City Hall music venue opening fire on innocent concertgoers before the venue was set ablaze.
As a lesser-known entity of their parent group, the Islamic State, ISIS-K is a local branch of the brutal terrorist organisation based in Afghanistan.
Here is everything we know about ISIS-K.
ISIS-K was established in 2015 by disaffected members if the Pakistani Taliban, during the height of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) power in Iraq and Syria, before a US-led operation all but dismantled the self-declared caliphate.
“Khorasan” was the historic name of the region that previously covered parts of modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Its members are mostly defects from al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan who have…
