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Aside from gunshot wounds, some of the deaths were caused by smoke inhalation. According to the Russian Minister of Health, Mikhail Murashko, five children were injured in the attack. At least three children were killed, while the oldest fatality was a woman in her 70s. Most of the victims were from northwestern edge of Moscow, including Krasnogorsk and Khimki. An Armenian woman and her Azerbaijani husband were among those killed. Citizens of Belarus and Moldova were among those killed. The Kyrgyzstani embassy in Moscow said two of its citizens who worked at Crocus City Hall on the day of the attack were missing. The search for victims ended on 23 March. As of that day, at least 29 fatalities had been identified. The health department of Moscow said it expected to finish identification of bodies in two weeks.

Russia's Foreign Ministry called the incident a terrorist attack. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP or ISIS-K), a South-Central Asia-based regional affiliate of the Islamic State, claimed responsibility.

On 7 March 2024, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) announced that it had neutralized a terrorist cell linked to IS in Moscow, which had intended to attack a synagogue in the city. Hours later, the U.S. embassy in Moscow warned that "extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts". That day, the U.S. also privately warned Russian officials of the danger of an impending attack from IS–KP from intelligence gathered earlier in March, under the U.S. intelligence community's "duty to warn" requirement.

On 19 March, Russian president Vladimir Putin said the US embassy's warning "resembles outright blackmail and an intention to intimidate and destabilize our society." P00tin had previously thanked the US and the CIA for giving warnings that prevented terror attacks in Russia in 2017 and 2019. U.S. officials confirmed to The New York Times that the attack was related to the prior U.S. warning. U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said it was too early for the White House to comment on the attack.

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