More than 60 people were killed and 145 wounded on Friday when camouflage-clad gunmen fired with automatic weapons on concertgoers near Moscow in one of the deadliest attacks on Russia in decades.
Islamic State, the militant group that once sought control over swathes of Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack, the group's Telegram channel said. The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppAt least five gunmen began shooting civilians cowering in the Crocus City Hall just before Soviet-era rock group"Picnic" was about to perform to a full house at the 6,200-seat theater in a suburb west of Moscow.
Russia's Federal Security Service, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said about 40 people were killed while a regional ministry, quoted by the Tass news agency, said 145 were wounded. The FSB said extra security measures were imposed. Helicopters sought to douse flames that engulfed the large building, and evacuated around 100 people from the basement. The roof of the venue was collapsing, state news agency RIA said.Islamic State said its fighters attacked on the outskirts of Moscow,"killing and wounding hundreds and causing great destruction to the place before they withdrew to their bases safely." The statement gave no further detail.
The embassy issued its warning several hours after the FSB said it had foiled an attack on a Moscow synagogue by a cell of Islamic State. Putin was informed in the first minutes of the attack and is regularly being updated, the Kremlin said. The White House said that images of the shooting were hard to watch, while Germany's foreign ministry called the images"horrific."
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