The US embassy in Russia issued a security alert earlier this month warning that a possible terror attack was imminent.
  • Gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow on Friday, killing 40 people and injuring more than 100.
    • Earlier this month, the US embassy issued a security alert warning of a potential terror attack.
    • Just days ago, Vladimir Putin dismissed the idea as “blackmail” from the West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident in Moscow just days before gunmen attacked a concert hall in the city on Friday.

At least 40 people are dead and more than 100 are injured after multiple armed individuals stormed the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, state-run news agency TASS reported, citing Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, which called the incident a “terrorist attack.”

Graphic videos posted to social media are purporting to show the attack unfolding. In some of the footage, gunshots and screams of concertgoers can be heard.

According to Russian state media, the unidentified gunmen were armed with assault rifles and opened fire in the lobby of the building before moving into the main concern hall, where a band was scheduled to perform. It added that an explosion inside the venue sparked the fire, which has engulfed at least a third of the building and spread to the roof.

  • kamenLady.@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    They are so busy going after everyone with a flower bouquet within a radius of 200 feet surrounding any funeral activity where his victims are directly involved, that one could think that the people mourning the death of his enemies pose a much higher threat to russia.

    But then, he is not really concerned about the Russian population.

    When you assume, he’s exclusively concerned with his personal safety, then it makes sense.

    Friends and family of the people he murdered, are a higher threat to him personally, than real terrorists killing some civilians down the street.