[Music] now to a breaking news update a mass shooting in the heart of Russia gunman open fire at a concert hall in a suburb of Moscow the building then went up in Flames officials say at least 60 are dead nearly 150 more injured CBS News J mon ter is tracking the developments from the control room tonight the images from Russia are horrific concert goers take cover as gunshots inste of Music echoed inside a theater while minutes before surveillance captured men with guns storming the popular con
cert venue and mall area where they opened fire shooting and killing people at close range from all outward appearances was a carefully prepared and well executed attack Isis has claimed responsibility depal University Professor Tom Midas who specializes in foreign terrorism explains why Isis would Target Russia you've got a belt of Islamic uh states that are states with majority of Muslim populations who have not been terribly treated well by the Russian Federation the attack while carried out
by a handful involved more than just guns explosive devices were used which caused the fires and that continues to drive the death toll and numbered injured up but what they've learned is the same thing sadly we've learned from mass shootings in the United States that determined individuals with with Firearms semi-automatic firearms um supplemented by light explosives can carry out a devastating attack earlier this month the US Embassy in Russia said it was monitoring reports that extremists hav
e imminent plans to Target large gatherings in Moscow it advised Americans to stay away from conert venues as for how this attack will impact the us if any makas doubts the terror level will increase right now our biggest threat still comes from farri extremists who were born and raised right here in the United States St now CBS news also reports that there is no known threat to the US Brewing from what happened in Moscow in the control room jmont Terry CBS 2 News
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