Moscow attack: Day of mourning after 133 killed at Crocus City Hall concert.
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Russia has declared a day of mourning following an incident on Friday night that claimed the lives of at least 133 people at a crowded Moscow concert hall.
TV broadcasters have changed their schedules, several activities have been cancelled, and flags are flying at half mast.
When gunmen broke into the Crocus City Hall and opened fire without regard to who was firing first, they also caused injuries to over 140 individuals.
The attackers claim to be members of the Islamic State (IS) organisation.
The IS official outlet Amaq published a picture of the four masked individuals they said were responsible for the attack on Saturday. Russia has not responded to the IS assertion.
Later, the organisation made extremely gory attack footage public. The BBC has confirmed the authenticity of the video, which shows one of the gunmen starting to fire on many individuals. This video will not be shown on the BBC.
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, announced that all four of the attackers had been taken into custody.
The deadliest killing in Russia in almost 20 years, Mr. Putin denounced the shooting as a "barbaric terrorist act" in his televised speech on Saturday. He also reiterated prior claims made by Russian security services that the assailants had attempted to flee to Ukraine.
The assertion that Kiev was somehow connected to the incident was deemed "absurd" by Kyiv.
According to Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military intelligence directorate, "to suggest the suspects were heading to Ukraine, would suggest they were stupid or suicidal," the BBC was informed.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, charged that Mr. Putin was attempting to "blame" Ukraine for the incident. "This worthless Putin, instead of dealing with his citizens of Russia, addressing them, remained silent for a day - thinking how to bring this to Ukraine," he stated in his evening speech.
Videos of the apprehended suspects uploaded on pro-Kremlin Telegram channels have been matched by BBC Verify with details of two of the alleged assailants seen in the IS video and a still image published by IS.
The US National Security Council claimed to have alerted Russia earlier this month to a possible IS attack on "large gatherings," such as concerts, in Moscow. That was brushed aside at the time by the Kremlin as "propaganda" and an attempt by Washington to influence the most recent Russian election.
The White House declared on Saturday that IS was "a common terrorist enemy that must be defeated everywhere" and that it denounced the "heinous" attack.• Bullets and panic: the concert in Moscow that turned violent•What is known about the concert hall attack in Moscow
At approximately 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Friday, reports of a significant attack inside the Crocus City Hall in the Krasnogorsk neighbourhood of Moscow started to come in.
When the shooting began, up to 6,200 people had gathered there for a Friday night rock concert by the seasoned band Picnic.
In an online video, multiple men could be seen marching across the concourse, shooting at bystanders, then getting back in their weapons and going into the hall.
As the men stormed in, throngs of people were shown on camera shouting and fleeing in fear. As the men opened fire into the theatre, more people could be seen hiding behind their seats.
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Above the blazing Crocus City Hall performance venue, smoke billows from the fire.
It was believed that some of the people who attempted to flee from the gunman went to the roof, while others sought refuge in the basement.
"They were just silently and methodically shooting everyone as they went. Concertgoer Anastasia Rodionova remembered, "We could not tell where the sound was coming from because it was echoing."
Vitaly, an additional guest, observed the assault from a rooftop. "They threw some petrol bombs, everything started burning," he stated.
Huge columns of smoke billowed into the sky outside the hall. Later, it was observed that the exterior and roof of the hall were on fire. Approximately one-third of the structure had been set on fire, according to the Tass state news agency
According @Read.Cash some sources, there were explosions that caused the glass on the top two stories of the building to break.
Numerous special forces troops assaulted the location, and numerous ambulances and medical staff were dispatched. Helicopters attempted to put out the flames by circling overhead.
According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the victims died from gunshot wounds and combustion product poisoning, and the attackers set fire to portions of the performance venue using flammable liquid.
Muscovites erected a temporary monument outside the performance theatre on Saturday, where they placed flowers and lighted candles. Others were in wait to give blood in support of the massacre victims.
Electronic billboards with the image of a single burning candle and the words "Skorbim"—"we mourn"—were seen in Moscow and other towns and cities.
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