Dozens are feared to be dead after a group of mass shooters wearing fatigues targeted a large concert venue and shopping center outside of Moscow on Friday evening.
At least three terrorists burst into Crocus City Hall and began throwing grenades and firing automatic weapons, according to early reports from Russian media.
Russian news outlet RT reports:Some media report that 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured as a result of the shooting. No official confirmation has been issued yet.
Press outlets report the use of explosives and video shows black smoke rising above the building. State news wire service TASS suggests up to a third of the huge complex has been engulfed in flames.
The agency has added that special forces soldiers from the Russian Guard have arrived at the location. Meanwhille, there are unconfirmed claims that helicopters have been sent to extinguish the blaze.
Shocking footage of the terrorist attack showed massive flames rising from the concert hall. Other videos showed the shooters targeting civilians seemingly at random.
WARNING: The following footage is extremely graphic. Viewer discretion is advised. BREAKING: Several armed men have forcibly entered the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow, initiating gunfire targeting everyone inside. Video footage depicts the assailants firing at both civilians and security personnel, with people in panic leaving the building. pic.twitter.com/T324ihV9xK Russian special forces have now entered the building where a terrorist attack has occurred at a Moscow concert pic.twitter.com/9xW0pFsfH3 VIDEO shows armed terrorists open fire on innocent civilians in Moscow concert hall.
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The massacre comes less than 2 weeks after US claimed a terrorist attack in Moscow was “imminent.”
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People escape the Crocus City Hall in Moscow during a tеrrоrist attack with automatic weapons
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“We were sitting in the center of the hall. The concert began, just a couple of minutes passed, one or two grenades exploded in the middle, gray smoke started pouring out. Panic began,” a witness who was at the concert told Russian outlet RIA Novosti.
The United States appeared to have advance notice of an impending terrorist attack as the State Department had warned Americans to avoid large gatherings, specifically including concerts, just two weeks before the attack. An advisory was sent to US citizens to avoid large gatherings in Moscow.
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