DMW: No Filipino reported hurt in Moscow attack

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Saturday that there are no reports of any Filipino casualties in the attack at a concert hall near Moscow, citing the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). 

“We received information from Usec. Ed de Vega of the @DFAPHL that no Filipino was hurt in the latest terrorist attack in a concert hall in Moscow,” said DMW officer-in-charge Hans Leo Cacdac on X (formerly Twitter).

 “Our deepest sympathies and prayers for the families of the victims of the attack,” added Cacdad. 

Russia’s Investigative Committee said thatmore than 60 people had been killed in the attack while over a hundred people were injured after camouflage-clad gunmen fired automatic weapons on concertgoers.

At least five gunmen began shooting civilians cowering in the Crocus City Hall just before Soviet-era rock group “Picnic” was about to perform to a full house at the 6,200-seat theatre in a suburb west of Moscow

Children were reported to be among the dead and injured at the concert in one of the deadliest attacks on Russia in decades.

Islamic State, the militant group that once sought control over swathes of Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack, the group’s Telegram channel said.

The United States, European and Arab powers and many former Soviet republics expressed shock, condemned the attack and sent their condolences. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak denied any Ukrainian involvement. —with a report from Reuters/ VAL, GMA Integrated News