Kriszta SatoriShooting in Moscow's Krokus City Hall during a gig - there are victims, info still coming in - Mediazona live page in Rus:
Multiple Russian news agencies have reported shooting and a fire at #Crocus #Krokus City Hall in Krasnogorsk.
Photographs from the scene show huge plumes of smoke and a large fire on a building’s rooftop.
"Unknown people opened fire at the Crocus City Hall. The evacuation of people is ongoing," emergency services told TASS news agency.
V #BBCMonitoring:
Various Russian Telegram news channels have published footage that shows at least one person having been shot at Crocus City Hall, as well as sounds of shooting and scenes of panic.
Popular pro-Kremlin channel Readovka reported that at least 12 people might have died in the attack, and 50 more were injured.
State RIA Novosti news agency reported that at least three attackers wearing camouflage opened fire at the venue.
V BBCRussian:
reports on socmed that there cd have been 5 shooters.
The video of the assailants shooting at people in the concert hall lobby shows at least four men armed with machine guns.
It is unclear where these people are now. Some sources say several attackers may have barricaded themselves in in the building.
Eyewitness account v insta:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C40yVYWo6GW/
'We started running, the crush was just terrible, everyone was panicking, everyone was lying on the ground.”
On the video you can see people were walking along unlit corridors, trying to find a way out.
“The machine guns are shooting, and no one is there to help. #Crocus is on fire. If we had run in the wrong direction and failed to break down the door, we would have been on fire right now" #Moscow #krokus
Obvsly cannot verify but in his stories there is a vid of how people are leaving the building
Acc to the Bell some shopping centres are currently being evacuated in Moscow and ST Petersburg
V Meduza
Zelensky's office says Ukraine has nothing to do with the #Crocus attack
Zelensky's office says Ukraine has nothing to do with the #Crocus attack
Russia's ex pres Medvedev v Telegram:
'Terrorists understand only retaliatory terror. No trials will help if force is not countered by force, and deaths by total executions of terrorists and repressions against their families.
If it is established that these are terrorists are of the Kyiv regime, it is impossible to deal with them and their ideological inspirers differently. All must be found and mercilessly destroyed. Incl officials of the state that committed such atrocity.
Death for death."
Not sure exactly what he means or how to interpret but as of now Russian authorities are looking for some Ingush men. Ingushetia is part of Russia...
The death toll in the #crocus city Hall attack will likely sufficiently rise by the morning as the authorities gradually clearing the building
Four people directly involved in the #Moscow concert hall attack are among 11 detained, #Russia 's security chief tells President Putin
At least 93 people were killed when gunmen attacked a packed concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia says
More than 140 others were wounded at the #Crocus City Hall, according to the FSB
V #BBCMonitoring :
While IS claimed the #Moscow #Crocus attack, it has yet to announce which of its branches was responsible
It is likely to claim the attack in the name of its Caucasus province branch, which is one of the least active of IS's global affiliates.
Some analysts have for months now been speculating about the growing ambitions of the IS group's Afghanistan-focused Khorasan province branch (IS-K or ISIS-K), which is believed to have Russian-speaking Central Asians in its ranks
V Shayan Sardarizade (of #BBCMonitoring ):
'Images of five men have been widely shared, claiming to show the gunmen responsible for the deadly attack at the #Crocus City Hall near #Moscow .
But the images were first posted in early March, reportedly showing five militants killed during a shoot-out in #Ingushetia .'
Looks like the metodichka on how to cover #Crocus has hit #Russia 's state media
https://t.co/llPDCnOYhO
https://t.co/llPDCnOYhO
Kremlin tells pro-government media to emphasize possible ‘traces’ of ‘Ukrainian involvement’ in reporting on Moscow terrorist attack — Meduza
Russian state-funded and pro-government media have been instructed by the Putin administration to emphasize possible “traces” of Ukrainian involvement in their reporting on Friday’s Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, Meduza has learned from a state media employee. A second source from a pro-Kremlin outlet confirmed the report.
If you have found the prev post sounding somewhat cynical, please check these two episodes of ##TheGlobalJigsaw on how #Russia 's state media works and what happened to the rest:
Russia's propaganda firehose
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hl8
#Putin 's media marathon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fy6m49
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Today is a national day of mourning in Russia for the victims of the #Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow in which at least 133 people died and 152 suffered injuries
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V rferl:
Tajikistan denies Russian reports that its citizens carried out the #Crocus attack. Tajik min of interior website says two of the men were in Tajikistan at the time of attack, another was in Samara
Tajikistan denies Russian reports that its citizens carried out the #Crocus attack. Tajik min of interior website says two of the men were in Tajikistan at the time of attack, another was in Samara