Putin says all four Moscow attack gunmen held as death toll reaches 133

Putin suggests – without evidence – that Kyiv may have been involved in attack, claiming attackers planned to flee to Ukraine

Investigators from the Investigative Committee of Russia examine the burned concert hall after an attack on the building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia. (Investigative Committee of Russia via AP)

Vladimir Putin said Russia had arrested all four gunmen responsible for the shooting that killed 133 people at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, claiming that the perpetrators of one of the worst terror attacks in the country’s history planned to flee to Ukraine.

In his first public comments on the terrorist attacks that shocked the nation, the Russian president made no mention of Islamic State’s claim to have carried out the attack.