Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed 93 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow Region, Russia, March 23, 2024. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova
"The shots came from behind us," Natalya, who asked for her surname not to be used, told Reuters. She was just about to enter the stalls. More than 143 people were killed and dozens more injured in the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
Some people smashed through reinforced windows and locked exits with their hands as shots echoed around 14-year-old hall just 20 km west of the Kremlin. "Your instinct for self-preservation kicks in, your eyes widen, where can I run? Then someone shouted to us: get up - don't lie down or they will shoot us all right now."Loudspeakers began to blare out that the concert was being cancelled for"technical reasons" and that people were requested to the leave the hall.Verified video showed people rushing for the exits as repeated gunfire echoed above screams.
Russian investigators said the men began to set fire to the building. Some witnesses said they poured some sort of liquid on seating and curtains in several places before igniting it.
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