IS claims responsibility
Death toll from terrorist attack in Moscow rises to 93
March 23, 2024, 9:28 a.m
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The number of deaths in the attack on the concert hall near Moscow has climbed to at least 93, according to Russia’s State Investigative Committee. The people were killed by gunfire and by inhaling smoke after a fire broke out in the concert hall.
The number is expected to continue to rise. According to Russian information, three children were among the people killed in the attack at a concert hall near Moscow. This is reported by the RIA news agency, citing the Ministry of Health.
According to the Kremlin, eleven people were arrested after the deadly attack on a concert hall in Moscow. The head of the Russian domestic intelligence service FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, informed President Vladimir Putin about the “arrest of eleven people, including all four terrorists who were directly involved in carrying out the attack,” Russian news agencies quoted a Kremlin statement as saying. According to the Basa news portal, the suspects are said to be Tajiks.
The jihadist militia Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack on the concert hall in the Moscow suburb of Krasnogorsk on Friday evening. It is the most serious attack in Moscow in at least a decade.