Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced March 24 as a day of national mourning.
Russian Investigative Committee has said that four perpetrators of Friday's Moscow region concert hall attack were detained in the border region of Bryansk while heading to Ukraine. / Photo: ReutersRussian investigators said the death toll from a shooting and fire at a Moscow concert hall had risen to 133 from an earlier figure of 115 dead.
"Nothing justifies such an attack. Perpetrators must be held accountable in line with human rights law. Our solidarity with the victims of this shocking violence," the UN Human Rights Office said on X, formerly Twitter.Russian President Vladimir Putin has called an attack on a concert hall that killed more than 100 a"barbaric terrorist act" and announced a day of national mourning.
"Additionally, as a Muslim, I feel compelled to underscore that this utterly despicable atrocity can never be said to represent Islam or, indeed, any religion. We must therefore stand firm against allowing such wickedness and evil to eclipse the peaceful and noble teachings of the world’s great faiths," said the Malaysian premier.
He added:"Ukraine was of course not involved in this terror attack. Ukraine is defending its sovereignty from Russian invaders, liberating its own territory and is fighting with the occupiers' army and military targets, not civilians." Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko about the arrest of perpetrators of Friday's attack at a concert hall in the Moscow region that killed at least 115 people, the Kremlin said.
Putin briefed Lukashenko on the detention of the terrorists directly involved in the attack, as well as on the progress of the investigation.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has condemned Friday's concert hall attack in the Russian capital Moscow.Scholz noted that his thoughts were with the relatives of the victims and all those injured.
Cameron said"the UK condemns in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow."
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