Inside Moscow concert hall terror as gunmen filmed shooting at civilians

23 March 2024 , 18:35

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Inside Moscow concert hall terror as gunmen filmed shooting at civilians

A video shows desperate concertgoers attempting to escape as gunmen shoot inside the auditorium.

The Moscow attack took place at 9.45pm local time on Friday 22 2024 in Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, an urban settlement in ’s capital. A group of five men armed with machine guns and hand-held explosives took aim at innocent civilians.

In the video, frightened concertgoers can be seen crouching on the ground as the camera pans around and the sound of gunfire is audible with shots going off one after the other in the 13-second clip. People can be seen taking cover behind seats and crouching beneath them to avoid gunfire.

Concertgoers told the Mirror last night that there were bodies strewn on the ground and more recent reports say there are 133 casualties - including children. In the clip filmed when the attack broke out yesterday, two men and two women can be heard panicking as they shout back and forth to one another.

One persistent voice demands that the filming stop and that they crawl forward and they communicate in blind panic one person shouts: "Crawl forwards.”‌ A second person replies: "Don’t film, no filming." Then continuing to say: "Put your phone away! Crawl...." then repeating themselves they say: "Crawl forwards!"

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Concertgoers panic and try to leave the auditorium with gunfire during Moscow terror attack (social media/e2w)

The video shows the four people who seem to be stuck in the area where they are taking cover as another person says: "But there’s nowhere to crawl…. "

The demand to move comes back again strong with the person shouting: "Forwards, crawl forwards." And then once more: "Forwards," before the video ends.

Concertgoers desperately try to crawl away as gunfire rains down during Moscow terror attack (social media/e2w)

The hall was filled with fans of the Russian rock band Picnic when gunfire rained down. There are fears that the death toll will be much higher as order is established, especially as explosives used led to a fire breaking out which firefighters are battling.

Ukraine has denied responsibility for the attack, however Islamic State's ISIS K branch has claimed responsibility for the heinous crimes. It comes weeks after ’s FSB security agency said they foiled an ISIS plot to attack a Moscow-based synagogue.

The claim was published by ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq on Telegram. The terrorist organisation has provided no evidence to substantiate claims, CNN reported. However, US officials said they believed that ISIS was behind the attack shortly after it took responsibility, according to the New York Times.

Will Stewart