Russian investigators say over 60 people killed in Moscow terrorist attack

11:08, 23.03.2024

Russian investigators said that more than 60 people were killed in an attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall.

Health officials said about 145 people were injured, among them 5 children, and about 60 of them were in critical condition.

The Russian authorities qualified the attack as a terrorist act.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Friday’s raid was a “huge tragedy.” President Vladimir Putin was being given continuous updates about the situation, according to his spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said what had happened was a “bloody terrorist attack.”

Gunmen attacked Crocus City Hall, a concert venue on the fringes of Moscow, killing at least 60 people and wounding 100 more on March 22.

At least five camouflage-clad gunmen with automatic weapons burst into the packed concert hall in the city’s western suburbs on Friday night as the audience was gathering to watch the veteran rock band Picnic, shooting into the crowd and setting off explosives that started a massive fire.

The ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

World

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