Islamic State claims responsibility for Moscow terror attack, investigators say over 60 victims dead

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Russia's Investigative Committee says that more than 60 people were killed on Friday (March 22) when camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire on concertgoers near Moscow, with Islamic State claiming responsibility for what was one of the deadliest attacks on Russia in decades.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yf6mh2h2  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 At least 60 people were killed and 145 wounded when camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire on

00:11 concert goers near Moscow on Friday.

00:14 Several gunmen began shooting civilians who were cowering in the Krokus City Hall just

00:18 before Soviet-era rock group PIKNIK was about to perform.

00:22 All the tickets in the 6,200-seat concert hall had been sold out.

00:27 State news agency RIA reported that the roof of the venue was collapsing and around 100

00:33 people were evacuated from the basement.

00:35 "We saw a re-enactment, there were a lot of wounded.

00:39 Now the fire has begun.

00:41 I saw it, when they were shooting, I saw it.

00:48 Can you roughly count how many people were wounded?

00:51 I can't.

00:52 Is it a dozen or ...?

00:53 It's more than a dozen.

00:54 No, it was far away, we were in the farthest corner, we saw only a lot of people, but there

00:59 was no panic, everyone was walking calmly.

01:01 And people threw themselves into the hall and fell?

01:03 Everyone was calm, someone sat down, someone went out, everyone was calm, there was no

01:08 panic, no one was afraid of anyone."

01:10 The attack was Russia's deadliest since the 2004 Beslan siege, where Islamist militants

01:15 took over 1,000 hostages.

01:17 It was not immediately clear who the gunmen were, but Islamic State has claimed responsibility.

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