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60 dead, 145 injured in Russian concert attack claimed by ISIS
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a large concert hall in the Moscow, Russia, area that left more than 60 people dead and nearly 150 injured on Friday.
The attack began when gunmen donning combat gear burst into Crocus City Hall, where concertgoers were gathering to hear the Russian band Picnic, and opened fire.
The gunmen also threw explosives inside the concert hall during the attack, which set the building on fire, Russian media reported.
People were being evacuated, but some remained trapped inside the burning building, Russian media said.
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Russian Rosguardia (National Guard) servicemen responding to the attack. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)
The Islamic State made the claim on its affiliated social media channels, and the U.S. has said it has intelligence confirming that, according to several outlets.
Before ISIS claimed responsibility, Russian officials said the incident was being investigated as a terrorist attack but didn’t say who was responsible.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said it has opened a criminal probe into the attack.
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A massive blaze is seen over the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow following an attack inside the building. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called the attack a «huge tragedy,» while former Russian President and current Deputy Chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Telegram that if «Moscow finds the perpetrators of the attack were connected with the ‘Kiev regime’ then all [Ukrainians] should be found and destroyed…including state officials.»
The Crocus City Hall was set ablaze after an attack for which ISIS laid claim Friday. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)
The attack comes on the heels of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s landslide reelection and amid the war in Ukraine, more than two years after Moscow invaded the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied any Ukrainian involvement before ISIS claimed responsibility.
«Ukraine certainly has nothing to do with the shooting/explosions in the Crocus City Hall (Moscow Region, Russia). It makes no sense whatsoever,» he said on social media, adding, in part, «there is not the slightest doubt that the events in the Moscow suburbs will contribute to a sharp increase in military propaganda, accelerated militarization, expanded mobilization, and, ultimately, the scaling up of the war. And also to justify manifest genocidal strikes against the civilian population of Ukraine.»
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Rebekah Koffler, a strategic military intelligence analyst and the author of «Putin’s Playbook,» told Fox News Digital, «Putin has been briefed on the attack and he ‘gave all the necessary instructions’ to the law enforcement and security services, according to his press secretary Dmitriy Peskov. The Russians are treating it as a terrorist attack.»
Before ISIS had laid claim, Koffler said Russian officials were already blaming the attack on Ukraine.
The Russian Culture Ministry has canceled all mass and entertainment events in the coming days in the area.
Along with all sports, cultural and other mass events being canceled in Moscow this weekend, restrictive measures have been introduced in a number of regions, including Leningrad, Voronezh, Vologda and other regions, Koffler added.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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US military shoots down Houthi drones as Trump’s strikes against terrorist group continue
U.S. warships have shot down roughly a dozen Houthi drones since President Donald Trump launched airstrikes against the terrorist organization on Saturday, Fox News has learned.
A senior defense official told Fox News of the developments on Sunday. The drones were aimed at the U.S. Navy’s Truman Carrier Strike Group, and were shot down «well before» they posed a serious threat, the official added.
The latest military action came after nearly a year and a half of attacks from Houthis, both on commercial merchant vessels and U.S. military ships. In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump wrote that he had «ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.»
«It has been over a year since a U.S.-flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden,» Trump continued. «The last American Warship to go through the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the Houthis over a dozen times.»
US NAVY SHIPS REPEL ATTACK FROM HOUTHIS IN GULF OF ADEN
U.S. warships intercepted and shot down around a dozen Houthi drones since President Donald Trump’s airstrikes were launched on Mar. 15. (Getty Images/AP)
Trump wrote that the «relentless assaults have cost the U.S. and World Economy many BILLIONS of Dollars while, at the same time, putting innocent lives at risk.»
«To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!» his post concluded.
TRUMP RE-DESIGNATES IRANIAN-BACKED HOUTHIS AS TERRORISTS: ‘THREATEN[S] SECURITY OF AMERICAN CIVILIANS’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Trump re-designated the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in January. His first administration had named the Houthis as an FTO, but the Biden administration later reversed the move.
On Sunday, the White House released photos of Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz monitoring the strikes.
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President Trump is taking action against the Houthis to defend U.S. shipping assets and deter terrorist threats, the White House posted on X on March 15, 2025. (The White House)
«President Trump is taking action against the Houthis to defend US shipping assets and deter terrorist threats,» the White House wrote on X. «For too long American economic & national threats have been under assault by the Houthis. Not under this presidency.»
Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
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