Bullets and panic - the Moscow concert that became a massacre - BBC News

People initially thought they heard firecrackers, but they soon realised they were under attack.

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The BBC's Steve Rosenberg visits the scene of the attack

It was just before eight o'clock and the auditorium at Crocus City Hall was filling up, ahead of a Friday night rock concert by veteran band Picnic.

"Some people in brown clothing, I don't know who they were - terrorists, military, whoever - broke into the auditorium and started shooting at people with assault rifles," said photographer Dave Primov, who saw the attack unfold from an upstairs balcony.

Warning: Some of the details of this story are graphic

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