Moscow concert attack: PM Modi says, 'India stands in solidarity with Russian Federation'
Moscow attack LIVE Updates On Friday night, several gunmen opened fire at a Moscow concert hall, killing more than 60 people, wounding more than 100, and sparking an inferno. terror outfit the Islamic State group (ISIS) has claimed responsibility. The assailants armed with automatic weapons and explosives burst into a concert hall on the outskirts of the Russian capital.
People had gathered in the hall for the performance of the Picnic rock group when the bloody assault happened. Video showed the building on fire, with a huge cloud of smoke rising through the night sky. The street was lit up by the blinking blue lights of dozens of firetrucks, ambulances, and other emergency vehicles, as fire helicopters buzzed overhead to dump water on the blaze that took hours to contain.
Moscow theatre attack: Why did ISIS-K launch firing against Russians | Explainer Meanwhile, the US has claimed that had issued a public warning that “extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts" on 7 March. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed that as “obvious blackmail". Moscow concert attack: US warned Russia about risk of ‘extremists’. 10-point President Putin, who was on Sunday re-elected for a new six-year term, wished a speedy recovery to those injured in the concert attack.
Putin was informed in the first minutes of the attack and is regularly being updated, according to the Kremlin. 'Mirco managing backfires', Subramanian Swamy tells Modi amid Moscow ISIS attack Meanwhile, Russia has tightened security at airports, transport hubs, and across the capital. All large-scale public events have been cancelled for now.Milestone Alert!
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