Forty people were killed in a shooting at the Crocus City Hall concert center near Moscow, state news agency TASS reports, citing information from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).
More than 100 people had been injured in the same incident, TASS reports.
The attack took place as crowds gathered for a concert of Picnic, a famed Russian rock band, at the hall that can accommodate over 6,000 people.
Russia’s foreign ministry calls the incident a “terrorist attack” that has to be condemned.
Automatic gunfire was used on the audience, an RIA Novosti journalist reports.
“People who were in the hall were led on the ground to protect themselves from the shooting for 15 or 20 minutes,” the journalist is quoted as saying.
People started crawling out when it was safe, the journalist reports, adding that security forces were at the scene.
About 100 people escaped through the theater basement, while others were sheltering on the roof, the emergency services ministry says on its Telegram channel.
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