(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 23. The terrorist
attack at Crocus City Hall is a great grief for the Russian people,
said Emin Bagirov, a resident of Baku, who came to the Russian
embassy in Azerbaijan to lay flowers in memory of the victims,
Trend reports.
"What has happened is a great grief for the Russian people. It
is unprecedented. I express my condolences to the loved ones of the
victims," he said.
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.
According to the Investigative Committee of Russia, the death
toll in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall has risen to 93
people with more than 100 people injured.
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