Islamic State claims responsibility for Moscow concert hall attack in which at least 40 were killed

A massive blaze is seen over the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, March 22, 2024. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)
A massive blaze is seen over the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, March 22, 2024. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)

The Islamic State terror group claims responsibility for a deadly gun attack on a Moscow concert hall, which Russian authorities said killed at least 40 people.

IS fighters “attacked a large gathering… on the outskirts of the Russian capital Moscow,” the group says in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.

Children were among those killed, Russian media outlet Fontanka reports, citing Nina Ostanina, a lawmaker in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.

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