Putin threatened the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Moscow with "severe punishment"
In response to the bloody terrorist attack near Moscow, the Russian President declared a day of mourning and threatened that the perpetrators of this attack will be "severely punished."
Terrorists attacked the Crocus City Hall business complex near Moscow.
While the death toll in this terrorist incident continues to increase, RT news channel editor Margarita Simonyan announced that the number of deaths in the terrorist attack in Moscow reached 143 and more than 100 people were injured.
As our correspondent reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his first reaction to the terrorist attack in Moscow's Crocus City, expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this terrorist incident, and declared public mourning today, March 24, calling it "a bloody and brutal terrorist attack." He made a description as follows.
The President of Russia assured the people of this country that security and law enforcement forces will detect all terrorists and their accomplices and punish them by the judicial system.
Putin made the following threat:
“Anyone who was behind, planned and carried out this attack will be identified and punished fairly but severely. “Russia has passed the most difficult tests many times and it will be the same this time.”
The Russian President also noted:
“No one will be able to shake the unity and strength of the Russian nation and sow discord in the multi-ethnic Russian society. "The main thing is that those behind this terrorist attack should no longer be allowed to commit a new crime."
Russian media identified five Tajik citizens as responsible for the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Holl concert hall in Moscow.
Russian media published photos of five Tajik citizens, claiming that they were responsible for a terrorist attack near Moscow, Iranpress news agency reported.
In reaction to these news, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, whose name was not mentioned in the media, said: "Many lies are being told about this terrorist incident, but do not believe it." he stated.
Şahin Samedi asked the Russian media to refrain from publishing unverified and unreliable information about the perpetrators of the terrorist attack and said:
“We have not received information that Tajik citizens were among those injured or killed in the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Holl concert hall.”
Meanwhile, the head of Russia's Federal Security Organization announced the arrest of 11 people, including 4 terrorists involved in the Crocus terrorist attack.
In addition, the video of the first interrogation after the arrest of one of the suspects of a terrorist attack in Russia was widely watched on social networks.
According to the statement of Russian law enforcement forces, it was stated that the detained suspect was a Tajik national and tried to hide in a tree.
In the published video of the arrested suspect, he is seen to be very scared and shaking. According to the published interrogation video, the arrested suspect admits that he entered Russia from Turkey on March 6, 2024, and it is said that he was offered half a million rubles to kill people and that he did it for money.
