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Source Rejects Western Media Claim That US Warned Russia of Impending Crocus Terror Attack

© AFP 2023 / STRINGERMembers of emergency services work at the scene of the gun attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 23, 2024.
Members of emergency services work at the scene of the gun attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 23, 2024.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.04.2024
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Western media reports claiming that the US warned Russia about preparations for the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall are not true, an informed source told Sputnik.
On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that the US warning for Russia about a potential terrorist attack allegedly mentioned Crocus City Hall as a possible target.
"This information does not correspond to reality. As reported earlier, the US did inform Russia about the terrorist threat. However, this information was of a general nature and only included warnings about the possibility of terrorist attacks in places of mass gathering of citizens," the source said, commenting on statements appearing in the American media outlets.
Earlier today, the Washington Post reported, citing an unnamed US official, that the US warning for Russia about a potential terrorist attack allegedly mentioned Crocus City Hall as a possible target.
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov also said that the information transmitted by the United States on the preparation of a terrorist attack was of a general nature, and the Russian special services responded to it.
Paying tribute to victims of the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack. March 23, 2024. - Sputnik International, 1920, 01.04.2024
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US Covering Those Responsible for Crocus Terrorist Attack - Russian Intel

On March 22, several armed men broke into Crocus City Hall, a major concert venue just outside Moscow, and started shooting at people. They also started a fire in one of the auditoriums, which was full of people ahead of a concert. The attack left 695 casualties, including 144 dead, according to the latest data from the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

Yesterday, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said that the information provided by the United States was too vague and did not allow Moscow to identify the Crocus City Hall terrorist attackers.
"Yes, indeed, the [Russian] Federal Security Service [FSB] received certain information from US intelligence agencies that such an unfortunate event is possible. However, as our Russian colleagues mentioned, the information was too general and did not allow us to fully identify those who participated in this terrible crime," he told journalists at a press briefing in Moscow.
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