Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday lit a candle in memory of those killed in the atrocious terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall music venue in a church located in the territory of the presidential residence inn Novo-Ogaryovo, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
A video released by the Kremlin press service features the president lighting a candle before the crucifix and crossing himself three times.
On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow. According to the latest data, the death toll is 137, but may increase. According to the Moscow Region’s health ministry, 180 people were injured. Eleven suspects involved in the terrorist attack have been apprehended, including four hitmen who were trying to make off heading towards the Ukrainian border. President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that, according to preliminary information, the Ukrainian side had been preparing ‘a gap’ in the border for the terrorists to cross it. He vowed to identify and hold to account all those behind the attack on the Crocus City Hall and declared March 24 a day of nationwide mourning.
Source: TASS
