Moscow concert hall terrorist attack: Shooting and explosion reported

[Bucky]

Extended rounds of gunfire could be heard on multiple videos posted by Russian media and Telegram channels. One showed two men with rifles moving through a concert hall. Another one showed a man inside the auditorium, saying the assailants set it on fire, with incessant gunshots ringing out in the background.

Andrei Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow region, said he was heading to the area and set up a task force to deal with the damage. He didn’t immediately offer any further details.

Russian media reports said that riot police units were being sent to the area as people were being evacuated.

Moscow concert attack: More than 60 reported dead; ISIS claims responsibility

Latest news and live updates after a shooting and fire at Crocus City Hall in Moscow leads to evacuations.

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The video and footage are extremely intense. The U.S. embassy in Russia posted a cryptic announcement two weeks ago about an imminent terrorist attack in Moscow.

Hopefully, the Russian government will find out who was involved and any co-conspirators.

 

[Apocalypse]

ISIS influenced probably.
Horrible stuff and videos from the scene including close range executions and what not, over 100 dead and rapidly increasing. Not sure how many from being shot at and how many died in the flames.

 

[poweRob]

Regardless of who did this, Putin will use it as propaganda against Ukraine.

Gunmen in combat fatigues fire on crowds at a Moscow concert hall which is now ablaze

Several gunmen have burst into a big concert hall in Moscow and fired automatic weapons at the crowd, injuring an unspecified number of people and setting a massive blaze in an apparent terror attack days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his gri...

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[Bucky]

ISIS influenced probably.
Horrible stuff and videos from the scene including close range executions and what not, over 100 dead and rapidly increasing. Not sure how many from being shot at and how many died in the flames.

We don't know if ISIS is involved. It very could be very much an attack from the CIA.

 

[poweRob]

 

[Roadvirus]

Moscow concert attack: More than 60 reported dead; ISIS claims responsibility

Latest news and live updates after a shooting and fire at Crocus City Hall in Moscow leads to evacuations.

www.nbcnews.com

The U.S. embassy in Russia posted a cryptic announcement two weeks ago about an imminent terrorist attack in Moscow.

The embassy did not elaborate on who or what poses the apparent threat to the Russian capital, or what kind of attack may be imminent.

But Russia's FSB security service said Thursday that it had foiled a planned attack by an Afghan offshoot of the Islamic State terrorist group on a synagogue in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow.

U.S. warns of imminent Moscow attack by 'extremists,' urges citizens to avoid crowds

The U.S. Embassy said it was “monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow."

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Roadvirus]

We don't know if ISIS is involved. It very could be very much an attack from the CIA.

The CIA doesn't do mass shootings at concerts. That's an Islamic jihadist thing.

 

[Apocalypse]

We don't know if ISIS is involved. It very could be very much an attack from the CIA.

It looks like ISIS.
Don't know many CIA operations in Moscow from the past that involved murdering random civilians at a concert from point blank in such a brutal manner.

 

[Phys251]

Regardless of who did this, Putin will use it as propaganda against Ukraine.

Gunmen in combat fatigues fire on crowds at a Moscow concert hall which is now ablaze

Several gunmen have burst into a big concert hall in Moscow and fired automatic weapons at the crowd, injuring an unspecified number of people and setting a massive blaze in an apparent terror attack days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his gri...

abcnews.go.com

That's a Reichstag-fire type of event if I ever saw one.

 

[mrjurrs]

Moscow concert attack: More than 60 reported dead; ISIS claims responsibility

Latest news and live updates after a shooting and fire at Crocus City Hall in Moscow leads to evacuations.

www.nbcnews.com

The video and footage are extremely intense. The U.S. embassy in Russia posted a cryptic announcement two weeks ago about an imminent terrorist attack in Moscow.

Hopefully, the Russian government will find out who was involved and any co-conspirators.

Hint...check out Ukrainian special forces.

 

[lwf]

We don't know if ISIS is involved. It very could be very much an attack from the CIA.

No it couldn't.

 

[ASHES]

No Russian.

 

[eman623]

Looks like whoever did this is not interested in going the hostage route like the last time a Moscow theater was attacked.

 

[jmotivator]

Hint...check out Ukrainian special forces.

That was my initial thought as well. If not special forces, then pro-Ukraine terrorists... though there is little difference if they are Ukrainian special forces operating out of uniform and targeting civilians then they are terrorists.

Either way, ISIS of Ukraine, I'm sure Putin will blame Ukraine. It would help recruitment.

Hell, being Putin I wouldn't be all that surprised if the attackers were Russians.

 

[Bucky]

That was my initial thought as well. If not special forces, then pro-Ukraine terrorists... though there is little difference if they are Ukrainian special forces operating out of uniform and targeting civilians then they are terrorists.

Either way, ISIS of Ukraine, I'm sure Putin will blame Ukraine. It would help recruitment.

Hell, being Putin I wouldn't be all that surprised if the attackers were Russians.

U.S. intelligence knew of a potential terrorist attack earlier this month. I doubt they shared that with Russian officials.

 

[Exquisitor]

Ukrainians should be dropping bombs in the vicinity.

Can you imagine, Puttin do that.

Don't doubt it, don't try to see, don't give Putin energy.

He bombed his own people in their sleep.

Go Ukraine, I want to hear more terrorist activities in Russia.

 

[jmotivator]

U.S. intelligence knew of a potential terrorist attack earlier this month. I doubt they shared that with Russian officials.

... they issued a public warning of potential attacks on March 8th... do you think the Russians weren't scanning notifications from the US Embassy in Moscow?

 

[Bucky]

... they issued a public warning of potential attacks on March 8th... do you think the Russians weren't scanning notifications from the US Embassy in Moscow?

The US should have shared all of its intelligence and data with Moscow. That's something Trump would have done.

 

[Rexedgar]

The US should have shared all of its intelligence and data with Moscow. That's something Trump would have done.

Of course he would have.

 

[Fabiusbile]

Hint...check out Ukrainian special forces.

If this is the case, then this is the maximum stupidity.
In general, it is possible for Kiev to commit sabotage in Russian capitals, yes, there are two capitals in Russia. The peculiarity of Muscovites and Petersburgers is that they live in a slightly different world and common concerns in Russia do not particularly concern them. The standard of living in these cities is higher and it is in no way inferior to the European or American standard of living... and there are also many fashion trends that are not alien to the Western man in the street.
It was the terrorist attacks on Dubrovka more than 20 years ago that allowed the Kremlin to receive the most unconditional support to close the Chechen issue, the Moscow intelligentsia has already fully approved the military outcome of the long-term conflict, pushing back any negotiations.
If Ukraine is involved in today's terrorist attack... then nothing will save her.
But let's not jump to conclusions. The perpetrators of this terrorist attack will not survive this night, but their corpses, weapons, phones, etc. will give enough information about who they are and who is responsible for it. In Russia, it is very difficult to find 5 Kalashnikov assault rifles and a large number of cartridges, such weapons are not freely in circulation here.

 

[Roadvirus]

No Russian.

Call of Duty ref?

 

[ASHES]

Call of Duty ref?

Yes, a not entirely implausible scenario. More likely than Ukraine forces imo.

 

[jmotivator]

The US should have shared all of its intelligence and data with Moscow. That's something Trump would have done.

So now you are presuming what might not have happened based on the sheer power of ignorance.

You really should hold off on these kinds of declarations in general, but especially within 5 minutes of hearing about something....

 

[Roadvirus]

The US should have shared all of its intelligence and data with Moscow. That's something Trump would have done.

Russia already knew something was in the wind:


The embassy did not elaborate on who or what poses the apparent threat to the Russian capital, or what kind of attack may be imminent.

But Russia's FSB security service said Thursday that it had foiled a planned attack by an Afghan offshoot of the Islamic State terrorist group on a synagogue in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow.

U.S. warns of imminent Moscow attack by 'extremists,' urges citizens to avoid crowds

The U.S. Embassy said it was “monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow."

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Jredbaron96]

Russian social media is describing the attackers as Central Asian. They are more likely than not ISIS, which has been very public about their intent to go after Russia for some time now.