Distraught families live in ‘total despair’ after deadly Moscow attack

“Fear” and “utter despair”: the shock after Friday’s deadly attack on a concert hall in Moscowit became an agonizing night of waiting for the victims’ families, without news of their loved ones.

On Friday night, hundreds of fans gathered to watch a concert by rock band Picnikbut minutes before the start of the show, armed individuals entered the room and unleashed chaos.

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At least 116 people diedaccording to the latest provisional balance of the Russian Investigative Committee.

“I am completely terrifiedI feel like my whole body hurts“, am sorry Semion Khraptsovwhose wife was at the show and called him at the time of the attack without him understanding what she was saying.

“I came as soon as I heard what happened.”“added the 33-year-old man, who admitted feeling helpless. “I don’t know what to do, it’s a total despair”.

Shortly before, videos published on Telegram channels considered close to security forces showed at least two armed men advancing towards the room and other videos showed dead bodies and people running towards the exit.

Igor Bogodaev30 years old, was also waiting for a sign of life from his wife, whose phone is switched off.

“I am scared”he declared. “I do not know what to do”, He added that his friends tried in vain to obtain information about his wife from hospitals.

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“Lots of screaming”

He Kremlin announced on Saturday that it had arrested 11 people, including four attackers linked to strokeclaimed by the jihadist group Islamic State.

The attack took place in Croco City Hallsituated in Krasnogorskat the northwest exit of Moscow. The place houses one of the main concert halls in the world. Moscow.

“Just before the start of the show, we suddenly heard several machine gun bursts and the terrible scream of a woman. And then lots of screaming“, he told AFP Alexeimusic producer who was in the dressing room at the time of the attack.

“Just three or four bursts at first, then a few more” he added.

In Behind the scenes he observed the spectators’ panic. “People were running to the stage, a terrible crowd movement.”

Along with other people at the scene, “entrenched” before looking for a way to quickly leave. On the way he says that he saw in one of the rooms “smoke and ash”, before reaching the exit.

In the Saturday morning, Firefighters managed to control almost completely the great fire that broke out after the shooting, according to authorities.

The Investigative Committee indicated that the alleged attackers used “flammable liquid” to set the building on fire.

On the ground, an AFP journalist saw several police officers patrolling the area and numerous emergency services vehicleswhose flashing lights illuminated the night.

However, on Saturday morning the tasks continued to “rescue people from the roof of the building“, indicated the Ministry of Emergency Situations, after announce that one hundred people were evacuated from the basement of the place.

On Friday night, the IS group took responsibility for the stroke. This is not the first time that the jihadist movement has reached Russia.

Units of National guard “Russian”They are looking for criminals,” according to authorities.

Source: Elcomercio

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