MOSCOW, March 25. /TASS/. A total of over 5,000 people have been evacuated from the Crocus City Hall, a Crocus Group official told TASS.

"As many as 5,000 people have been evacuated from the building, and firefighters rescued 100 others <…> while extinguishing the fire," the official added.

On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack rocked the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk near Moscow. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, 137 people were killed, and the death toll may rise. According to the Moscow Region’s Health Ministry, 182 people were injured. Eleven suspects in the terrorist attack have been apprehended, including all four shooters who attempted to make it to the Ukrainian border. President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that, according to preliminary information, the Ukrainian side had prepared "a window" for the terrorists to cross the border.