As Russia Girds for ‘War’ With West Over Invasion of Ukraine, 40 Are Slain, Scores Wounded in Attack by Gunmen on Moscow Concert Hall
Mass shooting evokes memories of a 2002 theater hostage crisis in downtown Moscow, used by Putin to win backing for a scorched earth campaign against Chechnya.
Hours after the Kremlin started calling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “war,” five unidentified young men in combat fatigues burst into a concert at an elite Moscow concert hall. Firing automatic weapons and throwing explosives, they killed at least 40 and wounded more than 100, according to state news agency TASS, citing Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB.
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