Kremlin: Death Toll Hits 133 in Moscow Concert Attack, All 4 Terrorists Arrested

President Putin called the incident a ‘bloody, barbaric terrorist act.’

A view of the Crocus City Hall burned after an attack is seen on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing and injuring multiple people and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide. AP Photo/Vitaly Smolnikov

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has declared a national day of mourning as officials said all four suspects involved in the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall had been arrested, with the death toll rising to 133.

“I declare March 24 a day of nationwide mourning,” President Putin said in a televised address to the nation on March 23, in his first public remarks since the attack at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, which he called a “bloody, barbaric terrorist act.”