A leap in time to thirty years ago, at the time of the Chechen terrorist attacks. Yesterday Fly plunged into the nightmare of terrorism: a group of at least five armed men, in camouflage suits, broke into the Crocus City concert hall located in the Krasnogorsky district and began shooting mercilessly at the spectators. According to some witnesses, they also threw grenades and incendiary bottles, so much so that they started a huge fire in the building where it is estimated that there were over 6 thousand people inside when the flames broke out which then caused the roof of the building to collapse. . . The data is still provisional: at least 60 dead and over 150 injured, including some children, according to what was announced by the Russian internal security services of the FSB. But the spotlight is on matrix of the Moscow massacre.
Russian authorities have opened a terrorism investigation. Those responsible for the attack are still on the run: according to the latest images available, they would have fled in a white Renault. Between suspicions and not too veiled accusations towards Ukraine, the ISIS claim. “Islamic State fighters launched an attack on a large gathering of Christians in the city of Krasnogorsk, located on the outskirts of the Russian capital, Moscow. During the assault, hundreds of people were killed and injured, while widespread destruction occurred in the area before the fighters retreated unharmed to their bases,” reads a statement issued by the Amaq news agency.
🔵The#attack to #Fly. The armed group that broke into the concert hall had Kalashnikov assault rifles and plenty of ammunition, Tass reports. He would have fled in an old white Renault 'Symbol' with tinted windows. pic.twitter.com/pZqyUNF6vn
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The Islamic State's claim was received lukewarmly by Moscow, which said it wanted to see things clearly. Immediately after the ISIS announcement, a US official told CBS News that the USA “have intelligence information that confirms the claims of responsibility of the Islamic State” in the attack on Moscow and “that they have no reason to doubt these claims”. Indiscretion confirmed by CNN: according to informed sources, Washington had warned the Russian authorities of the possibility of an imminent attack by Isis-K, the Islamic State faction active mainly in Afghanistan. Not only. The US State Department had also issued an alert to Americans in Russia asking them to avoid public places, “including concert halls”.
2 of the Suspects from tonight's Terrorist Attack on the Crocus Concert Hall in Central Moscow have reportedly been Arrested in the Bryansk Region of Western Russia after their Vehicle was Stopped earlier by Local Police; during the Stop, 6 Individuals of Tajikistani Nationality… pic.twitter.com/7apcPE6KmP
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As anticipated, Moscow's first suspicions fell on theUkraine. For its part, Kiev was keen to immediately deny any involvement. Let's make it clear, Ukraine had absolutely nothing to do with these events. Ukraine has never used terrorist methods of warfare,” the words of the Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak. The same Volodymyr Zelensky he reiterated that his country “had nothing to do” with the terrorist attack. On the same wavelength i pro-Kiev paramilitaries: “Obviously we have nothing to do with this,” a representative of the group told Novaya Gazeta Europe. There are those who have gone further, pointing the finger at the Kremlin: according to the main direction ofIntelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the attack would be “a deliberate provocation by the Putin regime”. Thus the spokesperson Andriy Yusov: “This is a deliberate provocation by Putin's special services, which the international community had warned against. The Kremlin tyrant began his career with this and wants to end it with the same crimes against his own citizens.”
Additional Footage from inside the Crocus Concert Hall in Moscow showing the First Moments that Shots were Fired. pic.twitter.com/Djr9cYqoR7
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Updates will follow throughout the day, Italy has condemned in no uncertain terms the horror of what happened at Crocus City Hall. “The horror of the massacre of innocent civilians in Moscow is unacceptable. Firm and total condemnation of the Italian government for this heinous act of terrorism. I express my full solidarity with the people affected and the families of the victims”, the Prime Minister's words Giorgia Meloni. Thus the head of state said in a note Sergio Mattarella: “The cruel terrorist attack committed in Moscow calls for the strongest condemnation. Horror and execration must accompany violence against all innocent civilian victims. Fighting all forms of terrorism must be a common commitment for the entire international community.”
Man saves his friend and moves him around the column….!!!
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