RU Shooting and blast reported at concert hall near Moscow, Russian agencies say - ISIS Claims Responsibility

March 22 (Reuters) - Shooting broke out at a large concert hall near Moscow on Friday, Russian news agencies quoted emergency services as saying.

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RIA news agency said at least three people in camouflage clothing had opened fire at the Crocus City Hall, and that some people had been wounded.

Police had arrived at the scene, RIA said.

Video footage published on Russian social media channels showed chaotic scenes, with a large crowd of concertgoers attempting to flee the hall, followed by gunshots.

Other video footage showed a number of people lying motionless in pools of blood outside the hall

Reuters was unable immediately to verify the footage.

TASS news agency reported an explosion and a fire in the building where the shooting took place.

The Kommersant newspaper posted footage online showing smoke billowing from what it said was the concert venue building.

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R00T said:
The intent clearly was for these men to go to ground and try something else. Blurring their faces and filtering their voices allows for them to try and do that.
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The chances of them getting away most have been minimal though.
Toivo Antikainen said:
the Russian state already started #NotAllMuslims,
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Can someone remind me of the guys name who is behind that hashtag shit here in the uk? He’s a secretive advisor to the uk govt nudge units. Muslim name.
 
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The chances of them getting away most have been minimal though
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Even if it’s a minimal chance imagine for a second they did get to ground only to have ISIS put their faces and voices on blast in their propaganda reel.

It also works as an intimidation factor. Blurred out distorted faces naturally make you more uncomfortable than a normal voice.
 
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I know Russians are retarded but what is the thought process for hiding behind a piller and some tiny flipped over tables right infront of the main gates the shooters are coming through? my only rational is one of the people there is injured and can't move and the others are trying to help them but its not very clear from the footage. last thing I'd do in a situation like this is try and hold up in such a wide open space, run the fuck out of there.
 
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Victory Leo said:
I know Russians are retarded but what is the thought process for hiding behind a piller and some tiny flipped over tables right infront of the main gates the shooters are coming through? my only rational is one of the people there is injured and can't move and the others are trying to help them but its not very clear from the footage. last thing I'd do in a situation like this is try and hold up in such a wide open space, run the fuck out of there.
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it's a normal reaction to extreme danger.
most people who are untrained and unexperienced will just freeze when confronted with sudden danger.
 
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Victory Leo said:
I know Russians are retarded but what is the thought process for hiding behind a piller and some tiny flipped over tables right infront of the main gates the shooters are coming through? my only rational is one of the people there is injured and can't move and the others are trying to help them but its not very clear from the footage. last thing I'd do in a situation like this is try and hold up in such a wide open space, run the fuck out of there.
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Listen bro if it was me up there in the plane flying towards the world trade center there wouldn't have been any 9/11, i would have kicked all their asses
 
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Honest Fan Soni-chan said:
Who could have done this?
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Pretty sure it was the following timeline:
* USA gets warning over ISIS attack in Russia with one of their insiders.
* USA, for once, does the actually right thing and warns the Russians about it, along with updating their own citizens with warning for incoming terrorist attack.
* Russians proceed to ignore warning since Americans must be full of shit/actually caring for their citizens is costly.
* Attack happens.
* USA knows who attacked because they fucking warned the Russians about it.
 
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Victory Leo said:
I know Russians are retarded but what is the thought process for hiding behind a piller and some tiny flipped over tables right infront of the main gates the shooters are coming through? my only rational is one of the people there is injured and can't move and the others are trying to help them but its not very clear from the footage. last thing I'd do in a situation like this is try and hold up in such a wide open space, run the fuck out of there.
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The guy walking around the corner at 25secs is weird too. Unless in shock
 
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* USA, for once, does the actually right thing and warns the Russians about it, along with updating their own citizens with warning for incoming terrorist attack.
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They did the same thing for Iran in January.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. secretly warned Iran that Islamic State was preparing to carry out the terrorist attack early this month that killed more than 80 Iranians in a pair of coordinated suicide bombings, U.S. officials said.
The confidential alert came after the U.S. acquired intelligence that Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, ISIS-Khorasan, known as ISIS-K, was plotting to attack Iran, they said.
American officials said the information passed to Iran was specific enough about the location and sufficiently timely that it might have proved useful to Tehran in thwarting the attack on Jan. 3 or at least mitigating the casualty toll.
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The US warning to Russia was on March 7, and on that same day an Islamic State group was killed in Russia.
The attack on the congregation of a synagogue in the capital was planned by members of a cell of the "Islamic State" (a terrorist organisation banned in Russia). According to the FSB Public Relations Centre (PRC), the militants were liquidated in the Kaluga Region.
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Makes me wonder whether the two are related. In the sense that US intelligence was used to take down that group back then. It would make sense to exploit information before making public that terrorist plans have been uncovered.
 
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I just love how the Russian government immediately started to blame Ukraine, even though the attack had all the hallmarks of a slom attack. Ukraine, when it attacks Russia, will typically use drones and target places like oil refineries. Sloms, pretty much across the board, tend to go for civilians in public places, whether it be by Hamas, the Taliban, or ISIS.
 
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Chongqing said:
Reminder that the majority of the 9-11 victims fund went to families of some of the wealthiest stockbrokers in the world, as a way to "compensate for future lost earnings."

So, that Jewish hedge fund manager who made $2 million last year (the year 2000)? Well, he planed to work 20 more years. And of course, be would have invested money and expected a certain rate of return...

This is unironically why a lot of Arabs in the Arab world think they Jews did 9-11. Because who did it benefit? These wealthy families of the victims.
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i dunno kinda sus
 
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