(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 23. The security of
Crocus City Hall was provided by a private security company, said
the head of the Russian Parliament's Committee on Information
Policy, Alexander Khinshtein, Trend reports, referring to Russian
media.
He added that the assertion regarding the Rosgvardiya's (the
National Guard of the Russian Federation) involvement in securing
the facility is false.
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.
The shooting resulted in the loss of 60 lives, with over 140
individuals sustaining injuries.
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