The US government reportedly warned Russian officials that Crocus City Hall was a potential target, more than two weeks before over 140 people died in a deadly terrorist attack last month. More than 140 people died and dozens others were injured in the Moscow concert hall massacre of March 22, the most deadly terrorist attack R🐼ussia has seen in years.
While the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, Russia President Vladimir Putin had said the arrested suspects were "headed to Ukraine"ꦿ.
Armed assailan🍸ts stormed the concert h🐓all in Russia's Moscow, in the attack that came just days after Putin tightened his grip on power after winning the elections as country's war in Ukraine dragged into a third year.
While it was reported back then that the United States had issued a security alert to US citizens on March 7 saying it was monitoring reports that extremists had “imminent plans to target large gatherings" in Moscow, US' identifica༺tion of the Crocus concert hall as a potential target has 🥀not been previously reported.
The Russian authorities has so far maintained that the US warning were "too general" to help 🐎preempt the attack.
The U.S. officials familiar with the information that Washington shared with Moscow spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations and intelligence, according to a report in The Washington Post.
The report said that a spokespersoꦫn from the National Security Council (NSC) declined to comment 📖over the matter. The NSC had previously acknowledged that the US told Russia “about a planned terrorist attack in Moscow” but did not say that Crocus City Hall was named as a possible target.
The March 7 warnin💃g advised US citizens to avoid large gatherings f♏or the coming 48 hours. The bloody attack came just over two weeks later.
