The Islamic State attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall concert venue

Gone quiet · last story Apr 27, 2024

What this arc covers

The March 2024 attack by gunmen on the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside Moscow, which killed more than 140 people: the US Embassy's warning of an imminent attack weeks earlier, the Islamic State affiliate's claim of responsibility, the arrests and court appearances of suspects, Russia's attempts to blame Ukraine, France's raised terror alert, and the families searching for the missing.

Earliest story we hold Mar 8, 2024 · 17 stories · 122 independent sources (counted once each) · 50 days

Part ofMoscowRussiaVladimir PutinIslamic StateUkraineFrance

Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Apr 272024Russia arrests another suspect in the concert hall attack that killed 1445 articles · 4 independent sources
0 left, 2 center, 1 right
Apr 12024Russian security agency says suspects detained in the Caucasus are linked to Moscow attack12 articles · 12 independent sources
2 left, 2 center, 2 right
Mar 262024‘Duty to warn’ guided US advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don’t always listen16 articles · 16 independent sources
0 left, 1 center, 2 right

Key momentsthe most covered; every story is below

  1. Mar 22 – 23, 2024Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall terror attack; Islamic State group claims responsibility161 articles · 71 independent sources
  2. Mar 22 – 28, 2024Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143 as 80 others remain hospitalized60 articles · 32 independent sources
    1. Mar 22, 2024Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack rises to 115; 11 suspects detained
    2. Mar 24, 2024Russia concert hall attack suspects appear in a Moscow courtroom
  3. Mar 23 – 24, 2024Concert hall attack dents Putin's tough image. He tries to use it to rally support for Ukraine war53 articles · 36 independent sources
  4. Mar 24 – 25, 20244 men charged in Moscow attack appear at hearing as court says 2 accept guilt58 articles · 32 independent sources
    1. Mar 24, 20243 of 4 suspects charged in Russia concert hall attack admit guilt during court hearing
    2. Mar 25, 20244 men charged in Moscow attack, showing signs of beatings at hearing as court says 2 accept guilt
  5. Mar 24, 2024As Russia mourns concert hall attack, some families still wonder if their loved ones are alive40 articles · 31 independent sources

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

Mar 4Mar 11Mar 25Apr 1Apr 15Apr 22

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Mar 4, 20240337
Mar 18, 2024275414336
Mar 25, 202412307151
Apr 1, 202422212
Apr 22, 20240215

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

24% left · 62% center · 14% right of 122 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 17 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. March 2024

    Mar 8U.S. Embassy in Moscow warns of ‘imminent’ extremist attack8 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 3 right
  2. Mar 22– 28Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143 as 80 others remain hospitalized60 articles · 32 independent sources
    7 left, 16 center, 4 right
  3. Mar 22– 23Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall terror attack; Islamic State group claims responsibility161 articles · 71 independent sources
    17 left, 32 center, 10 right
  4. Mar 22Gunmen in combat fatigues fire on crowds at a Moscow concert hall which is now ablaze28 articles · 21 independent sources
    3 left, 8 center, 3 right
  5. Mar 22– 25Putin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be found14 articles · 14 independent sources
    3 left, 4 center, 5 right
  6. Mar 23– 28Russia persists in blaming Ukraine for concert attack despite its denial and Islamic State’s claim31 articles · 21 independent sources
    3 left, 7 center, 2 right
  7. Mar 23– 24Concert hall attack dents Putin's tough image. He tries to use it to rally support for Ukraine war53 articles · 36 independent sources
    4 left, 9 center, 1 right
  8. Mar 23Death toll rises to 115 in Moscow terror attack, 11 suspects arrested17 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  9. Mar 23– 25Who are ISIS-K, the group that claimed it carried out the Moscow terror attack?17 articles · 15 independent sources
    6 left, 3 center, 1 right
  10. Mar 23The Moscow concert hall attack wasn't the first during Putin's 25-year rule5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
  11. Mar 24As Russia mourns concert hall attack, some families still wonder if their loved ones are alive40 articles · 31 independent sources
    5 left, 10 center, 2 right
  12. Mar 24– 25France raises terror alert level after Moscow attack claimed by IS group6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right
  13. Mar 24– 254 men charged in Moscow attack appear at hearing as court says 2 accept guilt58 articles · 32 independent sources
    4 left, 10 center, 3 right
  14. Mar 25How the deadliest attack on Russian soil in years unfolded over the weekend14 articles · 13 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  15. Mar 26‘Duty to warn’ guided US advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don’t always listen16 articles · 16 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 2 right

  16. April 2024

    Apr 1Russian security agency says suspects detained in the Caucasus are linked to Moscow attack12 articles · 12 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 2 right
  17. Apr 27Russia arrests another suspect in the concert hall attack that killed 1445 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right