Multiple Gunmen Open Fire on Crowd at Moscow Music Hall
March 22nd, 2024Update: Death Toll Officially at 133
Via: Reuters:
Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack.
Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s rampage but there were indications that Russia was pursuing a Ukrainian link, despite emphatic denials from Ukrainian officials that Kyiv had anything to do with it.
Russia’s state Investigative Committee said 133 people had been killed.
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Update: Dozens Killed
Via: ZeroHedge:
Russian state media as well as The Wall Street Journal’s regional correspondent is reporting at least 40 people killed in the unfolding major terror attack on Moscow’s largest concert hall.
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Via: Daily Mail:
Gunmen opened fire at a crowd at a large concert venue near Moscow, Russian news agency reported on Friday citing emergency services.
At least three people in camouflage opened fire at the Crocus City Hall, and at least 12 people are feared dead, according to reports.
TASS news agency reported a blast and a fire in the building where the shooting took place.
Police, special forces and fifty ambulances have arrived at the scene, with some video footage showed a number of people lying motionless in pools of blood outside the hall.
Other videos circulating online showed hundreds of concertgoers evacuating the building.
Latest news according to an account I follow on “X” is that the death-toll has risen to above 100.
China did it at Tiananmen to terrify the students. The US has seen it repeatedly, frightening the masses but not forcing total gun control. Why Russia?