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11 held after Moscow concert hall shooting leaves at least 115 dead

So-called Islamic State group (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on affiliated channels on social media

Law enforcement officers carry out the body of a victim of a gun attack, to load them into hearses at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow. Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP

Russian officials have said 115 people were killed by assailants who burst into a concert hall in western Moscow and sprayed the crowd with gunfire.

The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) told Russian President Vladimir Putin that four people directly involved in the attack on the Crocus City Hall on Moscow’s western edge were among 11 detained in the aftermath, Russian state news agency Tass said.

The so-called Islamic State group (IS) claimed ...