INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
that this was happening next to you
Crocus City Hall on Friday evening, just before a concert by veteran rock band Piknik, and reportedly set off a grenade or incendiary
device.Footage showed concertgoers being shot at point-blank and the building engulfed in flames
According to investigators, people died both from gunshot wounds and from smoke inhalation after the fire engulfed the 6,000-seat venue.The
school siege of 2003, according to official estimates.On Saturday morning, Crocus City Hall was heavily cordoned off by police, who did not
allow people to approach the building, while emergency services continued to search for victims and clean up debris.Rescue workers were
still working at the attack site on Saturday and pulling bodies from the building
The official death toll, which continued to rise throughout the day, stood at 133 as of 8:00 p.m
I got up this morning and saw the news
billboards across Moscow.Sunday was declared an official day of mourning with major events canceled across the country.Long lines of people
outside Crocus City Hall on Saturday morning.Moscow Times reporterIt took around 19 hours for President Vladimir Putin to address the nation
re-election this week, said in a televised address."The criminals cold-bloodedly and purposefully went precisely to kill, to shoot our
citizens at point-blank range
referring to Ukraine, which is fighting a two-year war against invading Russian forces.Putin did not address the Islamic State's claim of
said some of the perpetrators had fled towards the Russia-Ukraine border, adding that the assailants had "appropriate contacts" in the
country.The attack reminded many Russians of shootings and bombings that have occurred across the country in recent decades, especially the
2002 Dubrovka Theater siege in Moscow, when Chechen rebels took more than 800 hostages
who live near Crocus City Hall questioned the security measures and evacuation routes in place at the building.Photographer Dave Primov, who
was at the venue Friday night, published videos showing how he and other people encountered locked doors as they searched for a way out of
entered the hall so calmly
Why was this happening?" Anna, who lives near Crocus City Hall, told The Moscow Times.Another witness said she had not noticed police or
We ran for more than half an hour...During this time, we did not see or hear any [official] services
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