From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisie, and this is the Daily.

A terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow Friday night, killed more than a

hundred people and injured scores more. It was the deadliest attack in Russia in decades.

Today, my colleague Anton Trinovsky,

on the uncomfortable question it raises

for Russia's president, Vladimir Putin,

has his focus on the war in Ukraine left his country

more vulnerable to other threats.

It's Monday, March 25th.

So Anton, tell us about this horrific attack in Russia.

When did you first hear about it?

So it was Friday night around 830 Moscow time that we started seeing reports about a terrorist attack at a concert

hall just outside Moscow.

I frankly wasn't sure right at the beginning how serious this was because we have seen

quite a lot of attacks inside Russia over the last two years since the full-scale

invasion of Ukraine and it was hard to make sense of right away.

But then within a few hours it was really looking like we were seeing the worst terrorist attack in or around the Russian capital in more than 20 years.

On Friday night, Crocka City Hall was the venue for a concert by an old-time Russian rock group called Picnick.

It was a sold-out show.

Thousands of people were expected to be there. and before the start of the concert it appears that

four gunman and camouflage walked into the venue and started shooting.

We started shooting

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