ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert venue complex near Moscow Friday that left at least 60 dead and 145 hospitalized after assailants stormed the venue with guns and incendiary devices, CNN reported.
Video footage from the site of the attack, the Crocus City Hall concert venue, shows the vast complex, which is home to both the music hall and a shopping center, on fire with smoke billowing into the air. State-run RIA Novosti reported the armed individuals “opened fire with automatic weapons” and “threw a grenade or an incendiary bomb, which started a fire.” They then “allegedly fled in a white Renault car,” the news agency said.
State media Russia 24 reported the roof on the venue has partially collapsed.
📢At least 3 gunmen in military camoflague armed with assault rifles have opened fire in a north west #Moscow shopping centre named #CrocusCityHall. At least 20 killed.
— THE SQUADRON (@THE_SQUADR0N) March 22, 2024
This Is the terrorist attack which the US Government warned about?#IStandwithRussia #Russia #TerrorAttack pic.twitter.com/8GG2mRg8Eh
BREAKING: There's an ongoing terrorist attack at a concert hall in Moscow, multiple fatalities reported. pic.twitter.com/ULnATgiyVM
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 22, 2024
Multiple gunmen have broken into the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow, opening fire on those inside. Raw footage shows the terrorists opening fire on civilians and security forces. pic.twitter.com/ynTelGwqUu
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 22, 2024
Dozens of Bodies can be seen in Footage from inside of the Crocus Concert Hall in Moscow, with at least 10 Deaths reported to have already been Confirmed by Police. pic.twitter.com/HYGAzUVQBJ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 22, 2024
Russian Concertgoers who were Inside of the Crocus Concert Hall in Moscow when the Terrorist Attack occurred have stated that the Fire stated when the Gunmen began to throw Molotov Cocktails at the Walls and Ceilings, with it then stating when they tried to Evacuate several of… pic.twitter.com/nlRWcra3qP
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 22, 2024