At least 60 people were killed when gunmen attacked a packed concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow. “The bodies of the deceased are currently being examined. It is provisionally established that more than 60 people died in the terrorist attack. Unfortunately, the number of victims could rise,” said the Investigative Committee charged with overseeing …
Gunmen went on a shooting spree with automatic weapons just before a rock band was to perform at the Crocus City Hall.
It was the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege
The evacuation of people from the concert hall is ongoing.
MOSCOW (AP) — Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow attack
In a sobering update provided yesterday, the Defence Headquarters confirmed the recovery of decomposing hearts belonging to some of the victims among the 18 Army officers and men tragically killed in Okuama, Delta State. It said the hunt for the perpetrators was intensifying but no significant arrest had been made. Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar […]
After IS claimed responsibility for shooting in Moscow’s Crocus city hall, questions remain about how Russia will respondRussia attack – latest updatesThe attack on Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall is the deadliest attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) on European soil, with 137 people confirmed to have been killed.On Friday evening, attackers carrying assault rifles entered the concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, shooting for nearly an hour as panicked concertgoers scrambled to escape....
The assault on Crocus City Hall is not the first atrocity carried out by the Islamic State-Khorasan group.
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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on the Moscow concert hall Friday that left at least 40 people killed and over 100 civilians injured. The group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement Friday evening shared by SITE, an intelligence group. Russia’s Health Ministry released a list of 145 people injured,
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin overplay his hand? Only five days after Putin breezed to another six-year term in power following a heavily stage-managed election, Russia suffered its deadliest terrorist attack in decades. At least 140 people died when attackers stormed Crocus City Hall, a shopping and entertainment complex on Moscow’s northwestern edge, first raking concertgoers with gunfire and then setting the venue ablaze. Putin’s near-immediate response to Friday's attack was to blame...
Speaking in a meeting with government officials, Putin said the killings were carried out by extremists "whose