VIDEO - Killed rises to 93 In Shooting At Moscow Concert Venue - ISIS Claims Responsibility

By editorial board on March 23, 2024

At least 60 people were killed and 145 injured after gunmen opened fire at civilians at a packed concert hall in Moscow, Russia on Mar. 22 (Friday), according to Russian intelligence. New York Times reports.

At least three gunmen in camouflage burst into the ground floor of Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow and opened fire with automatic weapons during a concert by the band Piknik.
More than a third of the 6,000-capacity venue was on fire during the shooting, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
It’s Russia’s deadliest attack in decades. More than 100 others were wounded in the attacks. Videos from the site showed massive plumes of smoke rising up.

Piknik issued the following statement on Instagram: “Today a tragedy occurred in Crocus City Hall, the scale of which we cannot yet estimate.

We are following the news in anticipation of official information. The band’s musicians and management are alive and safe.” Moscow Mayor Sergei S. Sobyanin called it a “terrible tragedy.”

The attack is being investigated as terrorism. Tuesday, the US Embassy in Russia issued a warning about a possible terrorist attack, which Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed as “obvious blackmail.”

Video footage from the site of the attack, the Crocus City Hall concert venue, shows the vast complex on fire with smoke billowing into the air. RIA Novosti reported the armed individuals “opened fire with automatic weapons” and “threw a grenade or an incendiary bomb, which started a fire.”

State media Russia 24 reported the roof on the venue has partially collapsed.

The attack unfolded before the music group Piknik was set to preform, according to Russia 24.

The Russia Prosecutor General’s Office said “Unidentified people in camouflage broke into Crocus City Hall and started shooting before the start of the concert,” according to Russian state media TASS.

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