A shooting incident occurred in the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow. People in camouflage opened fire, and some people were wounded. Footage also shows a blast and a fire in the building where the shooting took place.
Up to 40 people feared dead as armed men in camouflage fired at concertgoers. Seventy ambulances and special forces attend the scene 12 miles from KremlinA mass shooting in Moscow during a rock concert has left at least 40 dead and over 100 wounded.
Up to 100 may be trapped in the burning building as flames rage, as some were evacuated from the roof of the hall, which has a capacity of 6000.Security checks have been stepped at key places in Moscow including airports and train stations, as BBC News reported that one gunman may have escaped the attack.
Confused concertgoers leave the building as armed terrorists open fire at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow Armed officers have been deployed to deal with the incident, which has seen some concertgoers take cover on the building's roof Advertisement 'The shooting began simultaneously both in the auditorium and in the foyer, where there were crowds of people at that moment.
The US and UK embassies warned two weeks ago about such an attack by 'extremists' at a crowded venue.The motive for tonight's shootings is not clear. Crocus City is about 14 miles northwest of the Kremlin, and was tonight staging a concert by group Picnic, a Soviet era rock band.An eyewitness said: 'Nothing was announced at first. We were already lying on the floor between the chairs. They said nothing, absolutely nothing. We just lay there and didn't know what to do.
'We eventually got out somewhere at the top. We began to go down the escalators. In short, we hid. They were shooting from all sides, just from all of them. Witnesses have described scenes of panic and pandemonium as crowds heard sounds of shooting in the hall
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