Russia pays tribute to concert hall attack victims
Russia lowered flags to half-mast on Sunday for a day of mourning after scores of people were gunned down with automatic weapons at a rock concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades. - REUTERS
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00:00 Russia lowered flags to half-mast for a day of mourning and people continued to lay flowers
00:06 on Sunday in memory of those gunned down at a rock concert outside Moscow.
00:12 The attack at the 6,200-seat venue on Friday night was the deadliest inside Russia for
00:18 two decades.
00:21 More than 130 people were killed when four men armed with automatic weapons burst into
00:27 the Krokus City Hall concert venue. More than 180 were injured in the attack.
00:34 Russia says it has detained 11 people, including the four gunmen, who fled the scene and made
00:39 their way to the Bryansk region, about 210 miles southwest of Moscow.
00:45 Footage released by Russia's investigative committee on Sunday appeared to show the suspects
00:50 being brought to the committee's headquarters in Moscow.
00:54 Islamic State have claimed responsibility for the attack. On Saturday night, the group
00:58 released what it says is footage of the assault on its telegram channels.
01:04 President Vladimir Putin has pledged to track down and punish all those behind the incident.
01:09 But he has not publicly mentioned the Islamist militant group in connection with the attackers,
01:14 who he said had been trying to escape to Ukraine. Putin asserts that some on the Ukrainian side
01:20 had prepared to help them get across the border.
01:24 Ukraine has repeatedly denied any role in the attack, which Putin also blamed on international
01:29 terrorism.
01:31 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was typical of Putin and, quote, "other
01:35 thugs" to seek to divert blame.
01:38 The White House said the US government shared information with Russia earlier this month
01:42 about a planned attack in Moscow, and issued a public advisory to Americans in Russia on
01:47 March 7.
01:49 It said Islamic State bore sole responsibility for the attack.
01:54 Russian officials have bristled at public comments made by the US on the attack, and
01:58 say its investigators must be allowed to make their own findings.
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