More victims than in “Nord-Ost”: what is known about the terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk by this hour?

On Friday evening, March 22, at about 8 pm, a shooting occurred in the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk. The shooters then started a large fire and tried to escape from the scene of the terrorist attack. Some of those in the building were trapped inside by fire and smoke.

• According to the Investigative Committee at 16:37, 133 people died as a result of the incident. According to the Russian Ministry of Health, 147 people were injured.
• Four militants who shot at spectators have been detained. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this. 7 people involved in the terrorist attack were also detained.
• Putin: According to preliminary data, the Ukrainian side was preparing a “window” for the perpetrators of the terrorist attack to cross the border.
• Rescuers extinguished an open fire in Crocus City Hall. The rubble is being cleared manually, and rescuers will work on site around the clock.
• At the site of the fire, rescuers find fragments of bodies: the death toll will rise.
• The Ministry of Emergency Situations publishes the first lists of the dead: at the time of writing, there are 50 people on them.
• Large Russian banks (Sberbank, Tinkoff, Alfa Bank and others) will write off credit and other debts of victims of the terrorist attack and their family members.
• The State Duma is preparing to initiate the issue of introducing the death penalty for terrorists in the Russian Federation. This was reported by Deputy from Crimea Mikhail Sheremet.
• The international community condemned the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall: the attack on civilians was condemned by NATO, the European Parliament, the USA, and other countries.

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