Terror in Moscow as IS guns down concert goers in deadliest incident since 2004

MOSCOW – The terrorist group Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert venue complex near Moscow on Friday as assailants stormed the venue with guns and explosives, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145.

IS took responsibility for the attack in a short statement published by an IS-affiliated news agency ‘Amaq’ on Telegram on Friday. No evidence was provided however to support the claim.

Video footage from the Crocus City Hall shows the vast complex, which houses both the music hall and a shopping center, on fire with smoke billowing into the air.

State-run RIA Novosti reported the armed individuals “opened fire with automatic weapons” and “threw a grenade or an incendiary bomb, which started a fire.” They then “allegedly fled in a white Renault car,” the news agency said.

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