Terrorist Attack In Moscow Concert Hall Killed 40

A terrorist attack carried out on Friday in Moscow, the capital city of Russia that killed at least 40 people and wounding more than 100. 

According to Al Jazeera, Gunmen burst into a big concert hall in Moscow and fired automatic weapons at the crowd. 

Citing the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s state news agency TASS said, the assailants also used explosives, causing a massive blaze at the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow on Friday.

Russia’s Ministry of Health said some of those injured have already been admitted to medical facilities.

A video posted on social media showed huge plumes of black smoke rising over the building in the Krasnogorsk suburb in the north of the Russian capital, which can hold several thousand people and has hosted top international artists.

Russian media reported that three to five people in combat fatigues had fired weapons into the crowd who were attending a concert of the rock band “Picnic”.