Massacre in Moscow, the number of victims reaches 137

2024-03-24 16:35:27 / BOTA ALFA PRESS

Massacre in Moscow, the number of victims reaches 137

The number of people killed in the Moscow concert hall has risen to 137, Russia's Investigative Committee said. Three children were among the victims, adding that 62 bodies have been identified so far.

People have gathered near the concert venue, laying flowers, northwest of Moscow, on a day of national mourning in Russia. In a televised address, Putin condemned the massacre, Russia's deadliest in nearly 20 years, as a "barbaric act of terrorism" and repeated earlier statements by Russian security services that the attackers had tried to flee to Ukraine.

Kiev dismissed the claim that it was somehow involved in the attack as "absurd". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of seeking ways to "blame" Ukraine for the massacre, which the Islamic State group is said to be behind.

 

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