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Ceiling remnants at Crocus City Hall threaten to collapse - Moscow region governor

Russia Materials 23 March 2024 14:22 (UTC +04:00)
Ceiling remnants at Crocus City Hall threaten to collapse - Moscow region governor
Ingilab Mammadov
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 23. There is a risk of ceiling collapse at Crocus City Hall, said Governor of the Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov, Trend reports, referring to Russian media.

"The debris removal at Crocus City Hall involves 719 specialists and 213 units of equipment. Debris removal work will continue for at least a few more days," he added.

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 Crocus City Hall.

According to the Investigative Committee of Russia, the death toll in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall has risen to 115 people.

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 guns were located by the investigators.

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