The Independent

Isis claims responsibility for Moscow attack as 60 shot dead at concert hall

Source: Reuters

At least 60 people were killed and 145 wounded on Friday when gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons on concertgoers near Moscow. Isis claimed responsibility for the attack.

Three children were among those killed in the attack, the RIA news agency cited the regional healthcare ministry as saying on Saturday.

Several gunmen dressed in camouflage sprayed bullets at a crowd waiting to see a rock gig at the Crocus City Hall.

Video from the scene showed the gunmen firing indiscriminately at screaming people as they tried to flee.

Explosions were also heard from the venue, whose roof

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Independent

The Independent3 min readWorld
Students Join Pro-Palestinian Encampment At University Of College London
Pro-Palestine protesters have set up camp outside University College London (UCL) in the latest action by activists outside universities across the country - as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak backed a police crackdown on any protest that became hostile o
The Independent2 min read
Gyles Brandreth Says He Blames Himself For Death Of Rod Hull
This Morning’s Gyles Brandreth has said he blames himself for the death of Rod Hull, the entertainer who fell to his death as he was trying to adjust the TV aerial on the roof of his home. Hull, famous for his antics with his puppet Emu, tumbled from
The Independent3 min read
Voices: Martin Freeman Is Doing What Every Vegetarian Dreams Of – Tucking Into A Pork Pie
I was sitting in a restaurant in New York with my partner. The Brooklyn Bridge lit up behind us, we’d been drinking flat, $9 Stella Artois that are inexplicably passed off as chic over there, and needed some food before carrying on into the night. Th

Related Books & Audiobooks