(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 23. The death toll in
the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall has risen to 93 people,
with more than 100 people injured, Trend reports, referring to the Investigative
Committee of Russia.
According to the committee, the preliminary causes of death at
Crocus Hall were gunshot wounds and poisoning from combustion
products. The terrorists set fire to combustible liquid, which
caused a fire to break out on the Crocus Hall grounds.
During the attack, the terrorists employed automatic guns. The
gun was located by the investigators.
To note, the incident unfolded when unidentified individuals
began shooting at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow,
prompting evacuations, according to reports from Russian
operational services.
Eyewitnesses reported that people dressed in camouflage attire
fired shots from machine guns inside Crocus City Hall, just before
the scheduled concert by the Picnic group.
Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia Alexander
Bortnikov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the
detention of 11 people, including four terrorists involved in the
attack at the Crocus City Hall.
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