UK should 'absolutely' be concerned about ISIS threat after Moscow attack, says Jeremy Hunt

The UK should "absolutely" be concerned about the threat of the Islamic State after the Moscow terror attack, the Chancellor said. Jeremy Hunt said European countries must "remain vigilant" after 137 were killed in an assault that suggests the jihadist group still maintains the capacity for major atrocities.

Hunt described the loss of civilian life as a "tragedy" but condemned the Kremlin after it appeared to seek to link Ukraine, which Russia invaded two years ago, to the attack. Speaking to Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on March 24, he said: "We have very little confidence in anything the Russian government says. We know that they are creating a smokescreen of propaganda to defend an utterly evil invasion of Ukraine."

A day of mourning for those killed in Russia was declared on Sunday. President Vladimir Putin held a televised address to Russians in which he discussed the nation's response to the attack. Meanwhile, suspects in the Crocus City Hall shooting were brought to the Russian Investigation Committee's headquarters in Moscow, reports the Mirror.

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Putin himself attended a vigil for those killed in the attack. Without giving his location, the video showed the Russian president placing a candle below the figure of Jesus Christ, before crossing himself several times.

"The president paid tribute to those killed in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall," wrote the Kremlin - the only information accompanying the video, which did not have audio. Today, Dubai's 163-floor Burj Khalifa skyscraper was lit up in the colours of Russia's flag for "several minutes" to acknowledge the country's loss, according to Russian