As of: March 25, 2024, 10:58 a.m
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Next alarm in Russia: After the bloody attack in Moscow, a shopping center in Saint Petersburg is evacuated due to a terror warning.
Update from March 24th, 9:15 p.m.:
There is a rumor circulating on X (formerly Twitter) that there was a bomb threat in the “London Mall” shopping center in Saint Petersburg this Sunday, which is why the shopping center was evacuated as a precaution.
A video on social media shows fleeing people hastily leaving the building.
A number of fire engines pulled up in front of the shopping center, which is located in the east of the city not far from the Neva River.
Reports of alleged explosions reported by the independent Eastern European news site
Nexta
apparently did not come true.
Until the evening there were no reports of injuries or a detonation.
On Friday evening (March 22), suspected IS terrorists killed more than 130 people in an event hall in an attack near Moscow.
More than 145 people are said to have been injured in the terrorist attack.
Terror in Russia: Reports of alleged explosions in Saint Petersburg
First report from March 24th:
Saint Petersburg - Terror alarm in Russia again: After the terrible attack in Moscow with many deaths, there was supposedly a terror warning in a shopping center in Saint Petersburg, the hometown, on Sunday (March 24th). by Kremlin autocrat Vladimir Putin.
This was reported by the independent Eastern European news portal Nexta, among others
.
Accordingly, there was talk of alleged explosions.
The information could not be independently verified Sunday afternoon, as of 3:30 p.m.
There was no confirmation from Moscow about a suspected terror warning in the second largest Russian city, which, with around five million inhabitants, is located in the far west of the Russian Federation.
Video footage showed fire trucks on site.
On Friday evening (March 22), suspected terrorists attacked the Crocus City Hall event hall in Krasnogorsk, a suburb of the metropolis of Moscow.
At least 133 people were killed and 145 others were injured.
The “Islamic State” (IS) claimed responsibility for the bloody terrorist attack.
Terror in Moscow: US authorities warned Russian officials in advance
During March, American and British authorities warned Russian officials about possible ISIS terrorist attacks.
According to the
Reuters
news agency , the Russian secret service FSB reported the alleged dismantling of an IS terrorist cell on March 7th.
The information could not be independently verified.
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The jihadist militia IS distributed a video of the attack on the concert hall, in which the suspected terrorists shot defenseless civilians with machine guns, among other things.
Russian ruler Putin ordered national mourning and described the attack as a “barbaric terrorist act”.
All attackers had been arrested, the Kremlin said.
This information cannot be independently verified either.
Attack near Moscow: Two of the suspected terrorists are said to be dead
The Crocus City Hall had more than 6,000 seats.
It was built in 2009 by billionaire Aras Agalarov's Crocus Group on the outskirts of Moscow.
After the terrorist attack, a fire broke out in the building, causing parts of the roof to collapse.
Hundreds of firefighters fought the fires for hours.
Ukraine denied involvement in the attack.
Two of the suspected terrorists involved in the attack near Moscow are said to have been killed.
According to information from the
BBC
, one of the attackers was already killed in the concert hall.
Another is said to have died in the Bryansk region.
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