Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed 93 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with bullets just before Soviet-era rock group \u201cPicnic\u201d was to perform to a full house at the 6,200-seat the Crocus City Hall just west of Moscow.<\/p>\n
Verified video showed people taking their seats in the hall, then rushing for the exits as repeated gunfire echoed above screams. Other video showed men shooting at groups of people. Some victims lay motionless in pools of blood.<\/p>\n
The Kremlin said FSB security service chief Alexander Bortnikov had reported to President Vladimir Putin that those detained included \u201cfour terrorists\u201d and that the service was working to identify their accomplices.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee said the death toll had leapt to 93 from the attack in which camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers near the capital on Friday.<\/p>\n
Russian lawmaker Alexander Khinshtein said the attackers had fled in a Renault vehicle that was spotted by police in Bryansk region, about 340 km (210 miles) southwest of Moscow on Friday night and disobeyed instructions to stop.<\/p>\n
He said two were arrested after a car chase and two others fled into a forest. From the Kremlin account, it appeared they too were later detained.<\/p>\n
Khinshtein said a pistol, a magazine for an assault rifle, and passports from Tajikistan were found in the car. Tajikistan is a mainly Muslim Central Asian state that used to be part of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuddenly there were bangs behind us \u2014 shots. A burst of firing \u2014 I do not know what,\u201d one witness, who asked not to be identified by name, told Reuters.<\/p>\n
\u201cA stampede began. Everyone ran to the escalator,\u201d the witness said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone was screaming; everyone was running.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the 2004 Beslan school siege, Islamist militants took more than 1,000 people, including hundreds of children, hostage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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