Camoflauge-clad individuals opened
fire on a crowded concert hall and shopping complex just outside of
Moscow on Friday before setting the structure ablaze, according to local official statements and media reports. Through his Telegram account, Moscow City Mayor Sergey Sobyanin : “A terrible tragedy occurred today in Crocus City shopping center.” He said he had instructed emergency personnel to provide all possible assistance and had opted to cancel all sporting, cultural, and other public events in Moscow this weekend. Reliable casualty figures were not available as of the time of publication, but as of the time of writing, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) estimated some 40 people had been killed and more than 100 wounded, according to the . Video footage published on
Russian social media/chat platform Telegram showed graphic images of violent attacks by individuals dressed head to toe in camouflage. Photos posted to Russian
Social Media also showed the complex in flames. Disturbing footage captured extended gunfire exchanges, individuals brandishing rifles, and heart-wrenching scenes of attackers callously targeting innocent victims at close range, evoking shock and horror across the nation. Local media outlets 112 and Baza that as many as 100 individuals may still have been trapped inside the burning structure as of the time of writing. This assault, which resulted in both fatalities and injuries, marks the most severe terrorist incident in
Russia in the past two decades. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack occurred days after President
Vladimir Putin solidified his nearly three-decade-long rule through a meticulously orchestrated . US
White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby expressed profound dismay at the distressing visuals emerging from the tragedy, underscoring the profound impact of the calamitous events that have unfolded , “the images are just horrible … and just hard to watch.” Stamp Act passed by
British Parliament On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers.
American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the and see the of October 1765, petitioning for repeal. Arab League formed On March 22, 1945, the was formed in Cairo,
Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt,
Syria,
Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan),
Lebanon, and
Iraq has now expanded to twenty-two member states. Read the and a of the Arab League from the
BBC.