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Shooting and blast reported at concert hall near Moscow
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At least a dozen people have been killed and many more wounded according to unofficial reports in the worst terror attack in Russia in years, as gunmen in combat fatigues opened fire and detonated explosives in a big concert hall in Moscow.
In one video, three men in fatigues carrying rifles fired at point blank range into bodies strewn about the lobby of the concert hall.
Russians will likely recall the Nord Ost terrorist attack in Moscow in 2002, when gunmen took hostages at a theatre in one of the worst incidents in the country’s history.
It was unclear if police had managed to neutralise the attackers by Friday evening, as emergency workers said they had evacuated 100 people who had been sheltering in the building’s basement.
Russian authorities had recently carried out a series of raids against armed Islamist militants in the region of Ingushetia, leading to pitched firefights between police and the fighters.
Earlier this month, Western countries led by the United States had issued a number of warnings for their citizens not to join public gatherings in Russia.
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