Crocus City Hall attack facts for kids
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Crocus City Hall amphitheater the day after the attack
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| Location | Crocus City Hall, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°49′33″N 37°23′25″E / 55.82583°N 37.39028°E |
| Date | 20:00, 22 March 2024 – 11:30, 23 March 2024 (MSK) |
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| Deaths | 139+ (including two attackers) |
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Non-fatal injuries
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180 |
| Assailants | Islamic State – Khorasan Province |
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Number of participants
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4 |
| Motive | Islamic extremism, contract killing |
On 22 March 2024, the Russian band Picnic was scheduled to play a sold-out show at Crocus City Hall, a music venue in Krasnogorsk, a Russian city on the western edge of Moscow. At around 20:00 MSK (UTC+3), before the band began their performance, masked gunmen carried out a mass shooting on the people gathered at the venue and used incendiary devices to set the venue ablaze. The fire in the complex was estimated to have covered an area of 12,900 square metres (139,000 square feet). Hours later, the roof of the venue collapsed. The attack killed at least 137 people, with more than 180 injured. Some of the deaths were caused by smoke inhalation. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in Russia since the Beslan school siege in 2004.
Russia's Foreign Ministry called the incident a terrorist attack. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP or ISIS-K), a South-Central Asia-based regional affiliate of the Islamic State, claimed responsibility.
As of 23 March, 11 people have been detained, including the four suspected assailants in the white car. Officials later said that none of the attackers were Russian citizens.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the attack a "barbaric terrorist act" and declared 24 March to be a national day of mourning.
Aftermath
Despite a police cordon, passersby laid tributes outside Crocus City Hall following the attack, while advertising billboards in Moscow displayed memorial posters showing a candle and the message Skorbim ("We mourn)".
In an address to the nation on 23 March, President Putin announced that 24 March would be a day of national mourning for the victims of the attack and vowed to punish those responsible. Putin also stated that all the attackers, whom he compared to the Nazis, had been apprehended.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin cancelled all weekend events in the city, and security was tightened across airports and train and subway stations serving the city. The Russian Ministry of Culture later cancelled events nationwide. In Saint Petersburg, shopping centers were closed, and Leningrad Oblast was put on high alert. At least 3,000 people donated blood for the victims at the Gavrilov Blood Center in Moscow, the country's largest blood transfusion facility, and other medical facilities. Sberbank, Sovcombank, and Home Bank pledged to settle loans and relieve the debts of the families of clients who were killed or injured in the attack.
A friendly football match between Russia and Paraguay scheduled on 25 March at the VTB Arena in Moscow was postponed indefinitely due to the attack.
See also
In Spanish: Atentado del Crocus City Hall de 2024 para niños
