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At least three people in camouflage opened fire at the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow on Friday, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

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LIVE UPDATES: Suspects in Terror Attack Detained Near Ukrainian Border

17:40 GMT 22.03.2024 (Updated: 06:41 GMT 24.03.2024)

At least three people in camouflage opened fire at the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow on Friday, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

More than 100 people were injured in the shooting, while the concert hall caught fire, according to the correspondent.

"At least three people in camouflage burst into the ground floor of Crocus City Hall and opened fire with automatic weapons. There are definitely wounded," the correspondent said. "After that [the gunmen] threw a grenade or an incendiary bomb, which started a fire."

“They’re shooting from a machine gun, they’re shooting in the crowd!”

Creepy footage from Crocus City Hall in Moscow, where the shooting took place. Preliminarily, there are dead and wounded. pic.twitter.com/oyStGMDtbL
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) March 22, 2024

"People in the hall laid down on the ground to avoid the fire, laying there for about 15-20 minutes, after which they began to crawl out. Many managed to get out," the correspondent said.

Law enforcement has arrived and are working at the scene. Local authorities said that "all forces and means have been directed to the scene of the incident," and that "information about victims is being confirmed."

The Emergencies Ministry said about a hundred people have been evacuated from the venue's basement.

Moscow Region governor Andrei Vorobyov is on route to the scene of the emergency, and an operational headquarters has been created. Moscow Mayor has ordered authorities to provide "all necessary assistance," and expressed "condolences to the relatives of the victims."

The Russian Health Ministry told Sputnik that over 50 ambulances has been sent to Krasnogorsk to provide medical care to victims. This number has since been increased to 70.

Reports appear on social media about an explosion in the Crocus City Hall building in Moscow. pic.twitter.com/N1KATRCbRC
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) March 22, 2024

Footage of the fire in Crocus City Hall Moscow pic.twitter.com/zwj1LOnXEg
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) March 22, 2024

Members of the musical group Piknik, at whose concert the shooting occurred, were not injured, the director of the show told Sputnik.

Moscow's Department of Transit said the nearby Myakinino metro station is operating as normal, but said that vehicular traffic in and out of the area has been complicated by traffic jams.

❗️The shooting occurred in the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, at least 3 people in camouflage opened fire. Some people are wounded, Sputnik correspondent reports.

Video from social media. pic.twitter.com/kg5V1jndMG
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) March 22, 2024

A White House spokesperson said the United States is aware of the reports of the mass shooting in Moscow, and considers footage from the scene "terrifying." The US Embassy in Moscow and those of other NATO countries have spent the past several weeks warning of a heightened risk of terror attacks in Moscow and other Russian regions, and urging American nationals to avoid traveling to Russia.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has urged the international community to condemn incident at Crocus City Hall, which it characterized as a "terror attack."

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18:31 GMT 23.03.2024

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Analysis

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23 March, 18:29 GMT

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Number of Injured in Crocus City Hall Shooting Rises to 140

16:23 GMT 23.03.2024

Ukraine Likely Had Prior Knowledge of Moscow Terrorist Threat

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23 March, 15:56 GMT

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Who Was Real Mastermind Behind Shooting in Moscow?

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Who Was Real Mastermind Behind Shooting in Moscow?

23 March, 15:41 GMT

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Global Majority Forces West to Change Rhetoric About Terrorist Attack in Russia - Moscow

People laying flowers to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, Russia. - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.03.2024

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23 March, 15:06 GMT

14:48 GMT 23.03.2024

Suspects in Terror Attack on Crocus City Hall Are Not Russian Citizens - Interior Ministry

"Today, allegations were circulated on a number of Telegram channels and social media that the four suspects in the March 22 terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall, who fled in a Renault Logan car and were subsequently detained in the Bryansk Region, are Russian citizens. This information is not true. All of them are foreign citizens," Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said.

The ministry's migration units, in cooperation with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), are looking into the detainees' grounds for residence and the duration of stay in Russia as well as establishing their residential addresses and other relevant aspects, the spokeswoman added.

14:35 GMT 23.03.2024

Putin Says Nobody Will Divide Russian Society After Moscow Terror Attack

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Putin on Moscow Terrorist Attack: No One Will Be Able to Sow Discord in Russia

23 March, 12:30 GMT

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This Is Not ISIS - Rossiya Segodnya Editor-in-Chief on Moscow Concert Hall Attack

23 March, 11:34 GMT

11:20 GMT 23.03.2024

The number of victims of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall has reached 143 people, reported Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik's parent media group.

Death toll from Crocus terror attack - Sputnik International

11:09 GMT 23.03.2024

Suspect in Terrorist Attack Near Moscow Says Shot People at Concert Venue for Money

A man detained on suspicion of the deadly terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow said on Saturday that he had shot people at the concert venue for money.

"I shot people at Crocus ... for money," the detainee said in a video of the interrogation published on Telegram by Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of RT and the Rossiya Segodnya media group.

At first, the man stated he had been promised 500,000 rubles ($5,400), but only half of the promised amount had been transferred to his card. However, later, the suspect said he had been promised about 1 million rubles.

The suspect explained that a month ago, he had been contacted via Telegram by an unnamed person and then provided with weapons. He also said he had decided to carry out the terrorist attack after a conversation with the "preacher's assistant." The suspect admitted that his curators had instructed him to kill all the people in the concert hall.

In the video, the detainee also confirmed the information that he had arrived in Russia from Turkiye on March 4.

"There [in Turkiye] ... the documents expired, and I crossed the border here," the detainee added.

10:23 GMT 23.03.2024

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World

Ukraine Becomes Den of Terrorism in Europe With Help of West – Foreign Ministry

23 March, 10:23 GMT

09:58 GMT 23.03.2024

Death Toll from Terror Attack Increased to 115 – Investigative Committee

09:38 GMT 23.03.2024

Russia

Detained Terrorists Had Contacts on Ukrainian Side – FSB

23 March, 09:38 GMT

09:31 GMT 23.03.2024

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Belarus Expresses Deep Condolences Over Terrorist Attack Near Moscow - Kremlin

23 March, 09:30 GMT

08:29 GMT 23.03.2024

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Eleven People Including Four Terrorists Directly Involved in Attack Detained – FSB Head to Putin

23 March, 08:04 GMT

07:59 GMT 23.03.2024

Moscow Mourns Victims of Terror Attack

07:07 GMT 23.03.2024

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06:59 GMT 23.03.2024

Dismantling Works at Crocus City Hall to Last All Day - Moscow Region Governor

Removal and analysis of debris from the concert hall, where the ceiling partially collapsed amid the terrorist act and fire, will last the whole day, Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobiev said on Saturday morning.

"In the morning, they [specialists] proceeded with dismantling the most complicated part, the music hall, where the ceiling have partially collapsed. The work will last throughout all day. We will inform you on its progress," the governor said.

The information on the casualties and victims is still being clarified, the regional emergency ministry said.

"A total of 477 people and 183 units of equipment, including 192 people and 79 units of equipment from Russia’s Emergency Ministry, are involved [in works on site]," the department said in a statement.

At least three upper floors of the venue have been completely destroyed in the fire, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the site, adding that the windows are completely broken and the burnt-out interior is seen from outside.

06:48 GMT 23.03.2024

INTERPOL Ready to Assist in the Investigation

INTERPOL is ready to assist in the investigation of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, their Secretary General said.Meanwhile, the Swedish Foreign Ministry condemned the attack on civilians in Crocus City Hall.