At least 40 people were killed and 145 injured as a result of an armed attack that took place today in the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow, according to the Russian state news agency TASS. The RIA news agency reported that at least three people in camouflage opened fire at the Crocus City Hall concert hall and that some people were wounded, Reuters quoted.

The attackers also used explosives, causing a massive fire that endangered the lives of more than 100 spectators inside the building. The fire was later extinguished by firefighters.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow qualified the armed attack in the concert hall “Crocus City Hall” in the north-west of Moscow as a terrorist attack and called on the entire international community to condemn it.

Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the President of Ukraine, stated in Telegram that “Ukraine is not involved in the Crocus terrorist attack, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries.

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00:25UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack” that killed at least 40 people on Friday at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, his deputy spokesman said.

“The Secretary General expresses his condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the people and government of the Russian Federation,” Farkhan Haq added in a statement.

00:01The Islamic State jihadist group said its group of paratroopers, which allegedly carried out the armed attack, “later returned safely to their base”.

11:50 in the evening The National Guard of the Russian Federation is looking for the attackers

“Special units of the National Guard are working at the site of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall. They are looking for criminals and evacuating citizens from the building,” the Telegram account of the National Guard of the Russian Federation of the Russian Guard reported.

As Reuters reports with reference to Russian agencies, the National Guard has already checked the underground parking lot and the first levels of the building.

23:40The European Union is “shocked and horrified” by the terrorist attack that killed at least 40 people at a concert hall in Moscow, EU spokesman H.

“The EU is shocked and horrified by reports of a terrorist attack in Moscow’s Crocus concert hall.” The EU condemns all attacks on civilians,” said spokesman Peter Stano after the armed attack and subsequent fire in a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow.

11:30 in the eveningThe Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in Moscow – AFP

23:15Paris condemns “disgusting actions”

France has condemned the “despicable acts” and called for everything possible to release data related to the attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow that killed at least 40 people.

“The images coming to us from Moscow are appalling,” the French Foreign Ministry responded in a statement posted on X. “Our thoughts are with the victims, the families of the victims and the Russians.”

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22:49The Telegram channel of the Cheka-OGPU reports from sources that 3 people from Ingushetia are wanted on suspicion of involvement in the terrorist attack in Crocus: Amirkhan Gurazhev, Adam Ozdoev and Zelimkhan Tsuroev.

Subsequently, the Baza channel supports that the information is false. “This is a fake. In fact, these militants were destroyed during a firefight in Ingushetia in early March.”

The information is not confirmed from any official source.

10:45 in the eveningSanitary authorities of the Moscow region advised people not to go outside because of the danger of poisoning in connection with the fire in Crocus City Hall.

10:37 in the evening​Ilya Ponomaryev, leader of the “Freedom of Russia” legion: The history of 1999 with blown-up houses repeats itself Ilya Ponomaryev, the only Russian deputy who voted against the annexation of Crimea, now in exile, one of the leaders of the Russian insurgent movement reports in Telegram that an armed attack in Moscow is a staging by the Kremlin.

“What competent authorities around the world have repeatedly warned about in the last two weeks has happened. The story of 1999 with blown-up houses is repeating itself. Moscow is on fire. Dozens were killed, hundreds of civilians were injured. Security forces and fear on the streets of Russian cities,” he writes.

22:18Turkey condemns the terrorist attack committed in Moscow, a diplomatic source said

Turkey condemned Friday’s armed attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside Moscow, calling it a terrorist attack, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters.

10:08 pmYulia Navalny’s address to the Russians: Those involved must be held accountable

Yulia Navalny, the widow of Russian opposition leader Oleksii Navalny, sent a message to X after a gun attack at a concert in Moscow.

“What a nightmare in Crocus!” Condolences to the families of the victims…all those involved in this crime must be found and brought to justice,” she wrote.

10:02 pmThe Russian press reports that firefighters managed to put out the fire in Crocus City Hall. But Sky News reports that the hall’s roof is in danger of collapsing.

Russia disputes White House, which says Ukraine does not appear to be involved in attack on Moscow

21:56Putin regularly receives news of an armed attack by Moscow and the Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin receives regular information about the armed attack at the Crocus City Hall concert outside Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Reuters on Friday.

“Putin gave all the necessary instructions regarding the incident,” Peskov said, according to Russian news agencies.

21:46The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow qualified the armed attack in the concert hall “Crocus City Hall” in the north-west of Moscow as a terrorist attack and called on the entire international community to condemn it.

21:33 The Russian Legion of Freedom also says it is not involved in the attack

“We blame Putin’s terrorist regime for today’s tragedy in Moscow. We have already encountered such manifestations of the Kremlin’s dictation since the first days of Putin’s rule, and we are not surprised by the new bloody provocation. A terrorist attack was being prepared. Coverage of this in the mass media – too. We emphasize that the Legion is not at war with peaceful Russians. This is the method of Putin’s security forces, which we do not support and against which we fight,” the Legion’s Telegram message reads.

21:30Russia denies the White House, which said that Ukraine was not involved in the attack on Moscow: “On what basis do they draw conclusions in the middle of a tragedy?”

21:29“Ukraine is not involved in the Crocus terrorist attack,” Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the President of Ukraine, wrote in Telegram.

21:20According to preliminary data, as a result of the terrorist attack in the Crocus complex, 40 people were killed and more than 100 were injured, reports the Central Security Service of the FSB, which is quoted by TASS. Special services are conducting operative and investigative measures.

Moscow cancels all major weekend events

21:09“The events in Moscow are a deliberate provocation by the Russian special services,” the spokesman of the GBU told “Ukrainian Pravda”.

21:01According to the latest Reuters data, at least 18 were killed and 43 injured.

20:51Moscow is canceling all major weekend events after a gunman attacked the city’s mayor

After the armed incident in Moscow this weekend, all sports, cultural and other large-scale public events will be canceled, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Friday, Reuters reports.

20:43In the Crocus Hall near Moscow, where the armed incident took place, a second explosion rang out, Russian news agencies reported on Friday.

The Russian authorities have announced that they have increased security measures at Moscow airports and train stations, agencies report, Reuters reports.

20:34In the first seconds of the attack, several people in camouflage can be seen entering the building and opening fire

20:32White House: The pictures of the terrorist attack in Moscow are terrible. So far, there are no signs that Ukraine is involved

The White House reacted immediately after the armed attack in Moscow, saying that the images from the scene were difficult to look at and expressing condolences to the victims, writes Reuters.

20:27 Special units of the Russian National Guard arrived at the scene, TASS reports.

The Crocus City Hall building is on fire

20:23The previous death toll rose to 14, Reuters reports.

The Crocus City Hall concert hall is on fire in Moscow (Photo: Serhiy Vedyashkin / AP / Profimedia)

20:17As the Russian publication Meduza.io reports with reference to the Baza Telegram channel, the Crocus City Hall building, where the concert was supposed to take place, is on fire, and up to 100 people may be trapped.

Some people may have taken shelter in the basement, while others were trapped on the fourth floor, isolated from the fire, while some people climbed to the roof, Reuters reported.

Instead, RIA reports that 100 people were evacuated from the basement of the building by emergency services.

20:1250 ambulances were sent to the scene, reports RIA.

20:09From 2 to 5 attackers – IFX

20:07At least 12 people died and 35 were injured as a result of the shootout at Crocus City Hall, according to the Baza Telegram channel.

20:05 According to Meduza, at least 12 people died

Other footage showed several people lying motionless in pools of blood outside the hall.

Reuters could not immediately verify the image.

19:48 The RIA news agency reported that at least three people in camouflage opened fire at the Crocus City Hall concert hall and that some people were wounded, Reuters quoted.

The police arrived at the scene, reports RIA.

Videos posted on Russian social media showed chaotic scenes as a large crowd of concertgoers tried to flee the concert venue, after which gunfire erupted.

The TASS news agency reported an explosion and fire in the building where the shooting took place.

The newspaper “Kommersant” published images on the Internet showing smoke coming from the building of the concert hall.

The news is updated