Mourners Pay Tribute To Victims Of Concert Attack In Russia

People comfort each other at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk, where a terrorist attack on March 22 claimed the lives of 137 people, including three children, just days after President Vladimir Putin was elected to his fifth term of office.

Russian officials have said 11 people have been detained in connection with the March 22 attack on the concert venue in the Moscow suburb of Krasnogorsk, including four Tajik nationals who are suspected of having carried out the attack.

A toy teddy bear and a drawing are seen at the impromptu memorial.

In a brief statement on March 22, the Islamic State (IS) extremist group said it was behind the attack. The following day, it released a photograph of what it said were the four attackers, all masked.

In addition to the scores killed, more than 180 people were injured in the attack.

The Crocus City Hall attack was the worst terrorist incident in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, in which 333 people, the majority of them children, were killed.

Lit candles forming the words "We Mourn 22.03.2024" are placed outside the Crocus City Hall concert venue on a national day of mourning on March 24.

People continue to pay their respects at the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, where a terrorist attack on March 22 claimed the lives of more than 130 people, including three children.