Ukraine ping
Extremely skeptical. 9/11 hijackers were all clean-shaven. These men are not. Typical terrorist has some college, is fairly attuned to what’s required to stay on the down low. Being clean-shaven is one of the simplest things they can do.
The fact that the perps got away and the Russians arrested the usual suspects suggests the possibility that this was an inside job meant to goose domestic support for the war. Different matter if they had been killed in situ. The one-hour emergency servicea response time just screams pre-arrangement meant to give the perps time to get away.
A police station was less than 2 miles away and an OMON base 8 minutes drive away and still it took an hour for someone to arrive.
Could be typical Russian incompetence, but that’s stretching it.
Not all terrorists are educated. The 2008 Mumbai massacre Islamic jihadis were not