On March 23, speaking on national television after the attack at the Crocus City Hall theater in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that March 3 would be a day of national mourning, commemorating the victims of the massacre. this bloody terrorist attack.
According to Russia's TASS news agency, the new updated report of the Russian Investigation Committee said the number of dead victims is currently 133 people. Previously, RT news agency reported 143 deaths.
On the same day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia's special forces and law enforcement agencies were investigating the attack and that the perpetrators of the crime would be severely punished by the law. She emphasized that Russia "supports all efforts to fight international terrorism and condemns this behavior in all its forms and manifestations and wherever terrorist acts are carried out."
According to Russian Foreign Ministry officials, intentionally killing civilians to achieve any goal is unacceptable. The fight against this evil must remain the focus of all sound forces of the international community.
On the evening of March 22, many gunmen carried out an attack at the Crocus City Hall theater near Moscow. According to the Russian Ministry of Health, in addition to the dead, 3 people were injured. Security agencies have arrested 147 related subjects, including 11 direct suspects.
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