Moscow concert hall attack: Concert hall death toll rises to 143 as massacre suspects arrested – live updates

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy has condemned the “appalling” attack on concert goers in Moscow.

Posting on X, formerly Twitter, he said “our thoughts are with every victim and family affected by this cowardly act”.

Crocus City Hall is sprawling music venue and shopping mall on the fringes of Moscow, in the north-western suburb of Krasnogorsk.

The venue has a capacity for 6,000 and people inside the venue were reportedly preparing for a concert by progressive rock band Picnic.

Artists such as Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker have also played at the concert hall.

The venue itself is part of a larger block which has restaurants, hotels and other attractions.

Lord David Cameron, the UK’s foreign secretary, has condemned the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.

Posting on X, formerly Twitter, Lord Cameron offered his “heartfelt condolences” to the families of victims.

The death toll from an attack near Moscow on Friday evening has risen to 115 people, Russia‘s Investigative Committee said on Saturday.

Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with the shooting rampage in a concert hall near Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

Hundreds of people stood in line Saturday morning to donate blood and plasma, Russia’s health ministry said.

There were long queues outside the Blood Centre of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency, in Moscow.

Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko confirmed their readiness to work together in the fight against terrorism in a phone call, the TASS news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying on Saturday.

Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed 93 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

Eleven people have been detained after gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow and opened fire on the crowd, the head of Russia‘s Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to Russian state news agency Tass.

At least 93 people were killed in the attack, including three children, Russian authorities said Saturday.

Mr Khinshtein said a pistol, a magazine for an assault rifle, and passports from Tajikistan were found in the car.

Two people suspected of carrying out a deadly attack near Moscow on Friday have been detained in Russia‘s Bryansk region following a car chase, lawmaker Alexander Khinshtein said on Telegram on Saturday.

Other suspects fled into a nearby forest on foot, Khinshtein said.

Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers near Moscow on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 in an attack claimed by ISIS.

Gunmen who opened fire at a Moscow concert hall killed more than 60 people and wounded over 100 while sparking an inferno, authorities said on March 23, 2024, with the Islamic State group clai ming responsibility.