The French Parliament showed solidarity with the victims of the Moscow attack.
The National Assembly observed a minute of silence on Tuesday in tribute to the victims of the deadly attack in a concert hall in the suburbs of Moscow, claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
“Eight and a half years after the Bataclan attack, Islamist terrorism has once again cowardly struck the audience of a concert hall,” denounced the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance), at the opening of the question session to the government.
The Russian people, “never confused with their leaders”
“France has always condemned such acts and fought against Islamist terrorism.
Wherever it strikes, whatever the pretext, it must be fought,” she continued, announcing a minute of silence “in memory of the victims and as a sign of solidarity with their loved ones.”
The Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, then expressed his “solidarity with the Russian people, a people that we have never confused with their leaders”.
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The attack on Friday at Crocus City Hall near Moscow left at least 139 dead and 182 injured according to the latest report.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on Friday evening.
Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Monday for the first time that the attack had been perpetrated by “radical Islamists”, while continuing to evoke a Ukrainian lead rejected by kyiv and the West.