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A mass shooting has broken out at the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, a city in the northwest of the Moscow metropolitan area.
Preliminary figures from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) indicate that 40 people were killed and more than a hundred injured in the attack. The Moscow children’s ombudsman said minors are among the victims.
Several people wearing camouflage burst into the venue during the intermission of a concert armed with machine guns. A grenade or incendiary was also set off, starting a major fire in the building. Russia has called on the UN to condemn the attack which has been classified as a terrorist act.
