INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at concertgoers with automatic weapons on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 more in an
attack claimed by Daesh militants.In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with
bullets just before Soviet-era rock group &Picnic& was to perform to a full house at the 6,200-seat the Crocus City Hall just west of
Moscow.Verified video showed people taking their seats in the hall, then rushing for the exits as repeated gunfire echoed above screams
Other video showed men shooting at groups of people
Some victims lay motionless in pools of blood, Reuters reported.&Suddenly there were bangs behind us & shots
A burst of firing & I do not know what,& one witness, who asked not to be identified by name, told Reuters.&A stampede began
Everyone ran to the escalator,& the witness said
&Everyone was screaming; everyone was running.&Russian investigators said the death toll was more than 60
Health officials said about 145 people were wounded, of which about 60 were in critical condition.In the 2004 Beslan school siege, militants
took more than 1,000 people, including hundreds of children, hostage.Russian President Vladimir Putin was being updated by security chiefs
about the situation, including from Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Kremlin said.Russian
investigators published pictures of a Kalashnikov automatic weapon, vests with multiple spare magazines and bags of spent bullet
casings.Daesh, the militant group that once sought control over swathes of Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack, the
group&s Amaq agency said on Telegram. The post Gunmen kill more than 60 in concert attack near Moscow, Daesh claims responsibility first
