At least 40 people were killed and over 100 injured in a shooting at a concert hall in the Moscow suburb of Krasnogorsk on Friday evening, according to Telegram channels 112 and SHOT, APA reports citing Novaya Gazeta.
As well as the dead and injured, a further 200 people are also believed to be trapped inside the building as a fire tears through it. The attack on concert goers at the Crocus City Hall was carried out by multiple men dressed in combat fatigues, according to state news agency RIA Novosti.
Eye witnesses also described an explosion going off at the concert hall before the shooting, which caused the fire, according to state-run news agency TASS.
Firefighters attending the scene were reportedly waiting for the arrival of special forces before entering the building to extinguish the fire that broke out. Firefighting helicopters have reportedly been dispatched to the scene.
Four of the perpetrators reportedly fled the scene according to Baza. Other media reported that several others involved in the shooting barricaded themselves into the building.
A police dragnet has been set up around the area according to SHOT, in an attempt to apprehend the escaped shooters.
*** 21:55
At least 12 people were killed and 35 were injured in a shooting at Crocus City Hall, a music venue in the Moscow region, reports the Telegram channel Baza. The Telegram channel 112 wrote that at least 10 people were killed, APA reports citing RIA Novosti.
According to RIA Novosti, at least three people in camouflage opened fire at the venue. A source told the Telegram channel Shot that there were five armed attackers.
An RIA correspondent at the scene said the attackers threw a grenade or an incendiary device which started a fire at the venue. According to Baza, up to 100 people may be trapped in the building.
*** 21:40
At least three people in camouflage opened fire at the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow on Friday, a Sputnik correspondent said, APA reports.
Several people were injured in the shooting, while the concert hall caught fire, according to the correspondent.
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