Moscow music hall attack: over 100 injured, at least 115 fatalities |
At least 115 people were murdered and over 100 injured in a heinous attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall, which is being blamed by the ISIS-K (ISIL) faction.
According to the prosecutor's office, a number of men wearing combat fatigues entered the music venue, which is close to the Moscow Ring Road and around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Kremlin, and opened fire on everyone inside.
The mayor of Moscow mandates monetary reparations to the families of attack victims.
According to Russia's Kommersant daily, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has signed an order to recompense the families of those murdered in the Moscow bombing.
According to the order that the newspaper cited, the ruling stated that the families of those slain will get compensation in the amount of 3 million rubles ($32,500).
Additionally, it stated that the compensation for the injured survivors will range from 500,000 rubles ($5,400) to 1 million rubles ($10,800).
The Moscow mayor orders financial compensation to the victims' relatives.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reportedly signed an order to compensate the relatives of those killed in the Moscow bombing, according to the Russian daily Kommersant.
The verdict said that the relatives of the deceased will receive compensation in the amount of 3 million rubles ($32,500), according to the order that the publication cited.
Furthermore, it said that the injured survivors will receive between 500,000 and 1 million rubles ($5,400 and $10,800) in compensation.
Death toll predicted to rise "significantly," according to Moscow Governor Andrei Vorobyov, who stated that "the situation there is extremely difficult" following a visit to Crocus City Hall.
Regarding the deceased, let me state up front that there will be a substantial increase in the number of victims. He told local reporters, "Rescuers entered the hall where the most awful events took place this morning around 6:30am.
Legislator from Russia vows to go to war if Ukraine is connected to the incident in Moscow
According to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, politician and former general Andrei Kartapolov has stated that if Ukraine is engaged in the Moscow strike, Russia should retaliate on the battlefield.
US government sources believe the allegation made by ISIS-K, an offshoot of ISIL that assaulted the Russian embassy in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, is believable.
According to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), four of the attack suspects had "contacts" and were attempting to enter Ukraine.
The presidential advisor to Ukraine, Mykhailo Podolyak, has previously declared that "Ukraine had absolutely nothing to do with these events."