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One of the suspects in the deadly Moscow concert hall attack appear in a Russian court to face terrorism charges. The TASS news agency cited Moscow's Basmanny District Court court as saying that two of the suspects had been charged with participating in a terrorist attack. Friday's attack killed 137 people and wounded more than 180. IMAGES
Russian police and special forces are on the scene outside of the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow's northern Krasnogorsk suburb, after gunmen opened fire killing more than 60 people and wounding over 100 while sparking an inferno. IMAGES
Ambulances arrive at a Moscow hospital after a deadly shooting at a suburban theatre killed an estimated 40 people an injured at least 100 more, according to Russia's FSB. Responsibility for the attack, which has left Russia reeling, has been claimed by the Islamic State group in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. IMAGES
An emergency services helicopter lands at a Moscow hospital after a deadly shooting at a suburban theatre killed an estimated 40 people an injured at least 100 more, according to Russia's FSB. Attackers dressed in camouflage uniforms opened fire on a rock concert and threw a grenade or incendiary bomb, setting off an inferno in the Crocus City Hall, according to a journalist for the RIA Novosti news agency at the scene. IMAGES
Lawyers for the plaintiffs and defence enter the courtroom in the trial of the Trebes and Carcassonne attacks for the closing arguments of the French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office. Seven people are on trial in Paris over their connection to an Islamic State group follower who in 2018 killed four people in southern France. IMAGES
The United States deplores the shelling on a UN shelter in Gaza that killed nine people, and calls again for civilians to be protected in the bloody war with Israel, a State Department spokesman says. "We deplore today's attack on the UN's Khan Yunis training center," spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters. SOUNDBITE