By Aviion Business
Five camouflage-clad g*nmen with automatic we*pons burst into the packed concert hall in the city’s western suburbs on Friday night as the audience was gathering to watch the veteran rock band Picnic, shooting into the crowd and setting off expl*sives that started a massive fire.
Russian investigators said more than 60 people had been ki*led. Health officials said about 145 people were injured, and about 60 of them were in critical condition. ISIL, the hardline group that once sought control over Ir@q and Syr!a, claimed responsibility for the at*ack.
Another witness, speaking to the Reuters news agency, also described the ter*or and panic inside the venue. “A stampede began. Everyone ran to the escalator,” they said, declining to share their name. “Everyone was screaming; everyone was running.
The att*ck, which left the concert hall in flames and its roof in a state of collapse, was one of the worst in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege in which more than 330 people, half of them children, were ki*led. The de*th toll appeared set to rise, according to unconfirmed reports.