A terrorist attack took place before the performance at "Crockus City Hall". The FSB reports 40 people died and over 100 were injured. The building itself burns and the roof collapses.
What is known to 22:35 Moscow time
Before the performance of the group “Piknik” there was an armed attack on “Crocus City Hall”. According to preliminary data, 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured, says FSB. The Investigative Committee has classified the incidental as a terrorist attack.
According to the RBC source, at least 5 people in the camouflage raided the hall and opened fire with automatic weapons.
There were dozens of shots fired. There have been at least 2 explosions. According to Interfax and «Осторожно, новости», the last of them took place around 9:30 Moscow time.
The fire started. Around 10:00 p.m., Moscow's roof began to collapse.
The attackers shot not only in the hall, but besides in the foyer of the performance band and before its entrance. 2 attackers had backpacks that could contain explosives.
According to RBC source, the attackers stay inside the building.
Some people left the room. Evacuating. Moscow SOBR and OMON were alerted and sent to the scene.
An emergency occurred before the performance of the group “Piknik” which was to start at 20:00 Moscow time. According to the manager of the band, the musicians were not injured.
Now the building of the amusement complex located at the bypass (МКАД) of Moscow in Krasnogorsk burns.
According to the Ministry of Extraordinary Situations of Moscow Oblast, about 100 people were removed from the basement of the building. "There is inactive work on saving people from the roof of the building utilizing lifting mechanisms," says the statement.
Tens of Moscow and regional medical rescue teams were sent to Crocus City Hall.
Air traffic is utilized to extinguish a fire in Crocus City. 2 helicopters drop water on a burning building. Another chopper is preparing to take off.
What Eyewitnesses Say
"Shotlanina started just before the concert, all the guests were already there. I was in the gym, I heard device weapon shots, a crowd with no clothes on ran in through the service entrance, and a panic started. I heard a device weapon fire again on the street. Now there are police and fire department in Crocus, and there is simply a smoke pole rising from there," said RBC 1 of the witnesses, Svetlan.
"We were about 15 minutes before 8:00 in the lobby on the first floor, other the entrance where it all began. We heard gunshots. It was a shock at first. For a minute and a half, there was confusion, no 1 understood what was going on. Then we rushed to the subway. At the place where we were running, the escalators would slide down, a large traffic jam formed, people would fall. We went to the right, where there were respective closed rooms, already the windows and doors were broken to get out of Crocus City Hall. We didn't see the shooters due to the fact that there was a crowd from there. We got out of there. The shooting was constantly very close to us, but we did not see the attackers or the wounded," said RBC eyewitness Alexander.
"We sat in bel-étage , then we heard shots, we started going down and we realized that they were besides shooting below. We went to bed on the level and then we realized everyone was going upstairs, so we started moving upstairs. We yet got somewhere higher. They shot from all sides, just at everybody. We were lying there, and then we noticed that people were someway moving down escalators. We ran after them. There was a girl lying there, killed," another eyewitness said. "Note, news".
Authority response
Deputy Head of the safety Council Dmitry Medvedev promised the organizers of the terrorist attack “retaliatory terrorismIt’s okay. ” "No trial or investigation will aid unless force opposes force and death through full terrorist executions and repression against their families. planet experience. If it turns out that they are terrorists of the Kiev regime, there is no another way to deal with them and their ideological inspirers. They all request to be found and ruthlessly destroyed as terrorists. Including officials of the state who committed specified cruelty. Death for death" wrote Medvedev on his channel in Telegram.
Moscow mayor Sergey Sobian has cancelled all sporting, cultural and another public events in Moscow this weekend. akin actions were announced by the authorities of Moscow, Crimea, Leningrad and Kursk.
The politician of Moscow region went to the site. ‘Operating office has been established. All details will be revealed later," he said.
The Moscow Department of Transportation reports increased checks on passengers on the subway.
The national Aviation Transport Agency informed about the strengthening of safety measures at Sheremietievo, Domodedowo, Wnukowo and Żukowski airports. Passengers are requested to arrive early.
Araz Agalarov and his boy Emin (owners of the Crocus Group) are already in place," RBC said their representative.
About “Crocus Citi Hall”
The “Crocus City Hall” performance hall is part of the Crocus Group, specialising in the construction and operation of commercial real estate. The hall opened in October 2009. The maximum capacity of the complex is 9789 people. Crocus Group is 100% owned by businessman Araz Agalarov. In 2023, Crocus Group ranked 7th on Forbes' largest magazine list with yearly income of $255 million.
The group owns the largest exhibition and business centre in Russia "Crocus City", which brings together in addition to the performance hall "Crocus City Hall", the exhibition complex "Crocus Expo" and the buying centre "Crocus City Mall".
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