BEIJING, China, Mar 23 — More than 60 people have been killed in Friday’s terrorist attack in Moscow’s Crocus City Hall, according to the Investigative Committee of Russia.
The attack claimed by the Islamic State was condemned by leaders from around the world.
Here is what some of them have been saying:
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack in Russia, said his deputy spokesman.
The secretary-general condemns “in the strongest possible terms” the terrorist attack at a concert hall outside Moscow, said Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman, in a statement.
The secretary-general conveys his deep condolences to the bereaved families and the people and the government of Russia, and wishes those injured a speedy recovery, said the statement.
French President Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron “strongly condemns the terrorist attack claimed by the Islamic State”, according to the Elysee Palace.
“France expresses its solidarity with the victims, their loved ones and all the Russian people,” the presidential office said.
“The images from Moscow tonight are horrifying. Our thoughts go to the victims and to those injured as well as to the Russian people. All effort has to be made to determine the causes of these heinous acts,” the French Foreign Ministry said on Friday on X, formerly Twitter.
Pakistani Foreign Ministry
Pakistan on Friday condemned the “horrendous” attack carried out at a concert hall in Moscow, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said.
“We express our deepest sympathies with the families of the victims,” the ministry said in a late-night statement.
Afghan caretaker government
The government has described the recent attack on a concert hall in the Russian capital Moscow as a cowardly terrorist attack and strongly condemned it, foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said Saturday.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan condemns in the strongest terms the recent terrorist attack in Moscow, Russia, claimed by Deash, and considers it a blatant violation of all human standards,” Balkhi said in a statement posted on his X account.
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