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Live updates: Putin declares day of mourning after Moscow attack

CGTN

 , Updated 21:46, 23-Mar-2024

- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called Friday's attack on a concert hall in Moscow a "barbaric terrorist act" and declared a day of national mourning on March 24.

- Putin said all four direct perpetrators of the terrorist attack were detained, and vowed harsh retribution for everybody involved in plotting the attack.

- The death toll in the attack has risen to more than 130, local media reported, citing the Russian Investigative Committee.

- Russian authorities have initiated a criminal investigation into the attack, which the Islamic State group claimed it had carried out.

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