Vladimir Putin condemns attack, calls for revenge – DW – 03/23/2024

Russian President Vladimir PutinThis Saturday (02/23/2024) we condemned Friday's “barbaric” terrorist attack against a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, where more than a hundred people died, and called for revenge against those who orchestrated the attack. Requested by Islamic State. “All criminals, organizers and whoever appointed this crime, will receive a deserved and inevitable punishment, regardless of whether they were sent,” Putin said.

In a televised address, Putin said Four attackers were arrested They tried to run away Ukraine, and promised that all those responsible would be “punished.” Russia's security services, the FSB, said earlier that the terrorists were in “contact” with someone in Ukraine. The Russian president did not speculate on the intelligence authors of the attack, although he indirectly pointed to that country.

“A catastrophic fate awaits the extremists, murderers and beasts who are stateless and cannot be: revenge and oblivion. They have no future,” he opined. He recalled that the Russians knew firsthand what a terrorist threat was, clearly referring to the attacks carried out by Islamic guerrillas in the Caucasus years ago.

“We look forward to cooperation with all countries that truly share our pain and are practically ready to join forces in the fight against the common enemy, international terrorism in all its manifestations,” he said. The Russian president stressed that the authorities have decided to strengthen anti-terror operations in the capital of the country where the incident took place and in the nearby Moscow region.

In addition, he announced that Sunday would be a day of national mourning for the country's worst terrorist attack since the Beslan massacre in 2004, which left more than 300 dead.

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