The evacuation of Crocus City Hall visitors is currently underway; dozens of ambulance teams have been sent to the scene.
The terrorist threat always exists, especially when a state is engaged in an armed conflict. The vast majority of such actions are stopped by special services at the planning stage, but sometimes attackers manage to slip through and commit a crime. Unfortunately, this evening a terrorist attack was carried out.
The location of the terrorist attack was the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk near Moscow. According to eyewitnesses, several (according to various sources, from three to five) terrorists armed with automatic weapons burst into the building and began shooting at visitors to the complex. Then, as a result of terrorist actions, a large-scale fire occurred in the building.
Data on the number of victims and injured vary; it is too early to talk about this. According to various sources, over a hundred people need to be evacuated from the burning building.
At the time of publication of this note, units of the Russian Guard, OMON and SOBR, firefighters arrived at Crocus City Hall, fire helicopters were called. Fifty ambulance teams from Moscow and the region were sent to the scene. An operational headquarters was created. It is reported that special forces began storming the building in order to eliminate the terrorists.
Security measures have been strengthened at Moscow airports and train stations, and public events for the coming weekend have been cancelled. Condolences from world leaders are arriving in Moscow in connection with the incident.