At least 133 people were killed on Friday March 22 during an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) in a concert hall near Moscow.
It is the deadliest attack in Russia in twenty years, and the bloodiest to have been claimed by ISIS in Europe.
The toll is expected to rise further, according to the authorities.
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Since Saturday morning, tributes to the victims have multiplied throughout Europe, while Russia observes this Sunday a day of national mourning.
In Istanbul, Madrid, London and Paris, memorials were spontaneously erected in front of Russian embassies.
Night of fear
Friday, shortly after 8:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. French time), “The Bataclan in Russia”: the appalling carnage of a Daesh commando in a Moscow concert hall shooting at point-blank range at civilians trying to escape.
Over-equipped and dressed in camouflage, they shot anyone in their path.
The attackers also threw an incendiary bomb into the building, causing a huge fire.
Searches in the rubble are still ongoing.
On Saturday, the Kremlin said it had arrested 11 people, including four suspected attackers.
Meanwhile, IS said four of its fighters carried out the attack
“armed with machine guns, a pistol, knives and incendiary bombs”
.
In a televised intervention,
Vladimir Putin said that the alleged attackers
were “trying to flee to Ukraine”
before being arrested.