The UN says terrorists must be severely punished

Those who carried out the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall must suffer severe punishment. This was stated by the UN Deputy Secretary General, head of the organization’s Counter-Terrorism Directorate, Vladimir Voronkov.

“Terrorism has no justification, and the non-humans who committed it must be severely punished“, he said in a conversation with RIA News.

Voronkov stressed that he categorically condemns the terrorist attack, and is also shocked by the brutal murder of innocent people, including children, women and men, by terrorists.

The deputy general secretary expressed condolences to “the relatives and friends of the victims of this horrific act of terror.”

Let us remember that after the terrorist attack, the office of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that he was “saddened” by reports of shooting in the Moscow region. Maria Zakharova was outraged by this reaction. According to her, the reaction of the UN Secretary General raises certain questions. According to Zakharova, the monstrous terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk does not cause “sadness,” but horror, shock, unconditional condemnation, righteous anger and compassion for the victims.

Some time later, the office of the UN Secretary General stated that he “severely” condemned the terrorist attack in Crocus and expressed condolences to the government and people of Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry promptly thanked Guterres for correcting his statement.

Terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall

On the evening of March 22, shooting began in the Crocus City Hall concert hall before the start of a performance by the Russian musical group Picnic. Then a fire broke out in the building. It was assigned an increased difficulty rank. Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov clarified that, according to condition On the morning of March 23, the main fire was extinguished.

According to the latest data, as a result of the incident, 133 people were killed and more than 100 were injured. According to children’s ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova, eight children were injured. All victims were hospitalized in 12 hospitals in the capital.

A criminal case was opened under the article “Terrorist attack”. Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed about what was happening in Crocus City Hall in the first minutes after the shooting began. On the same day, the head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov, the Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, the director of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov and the chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin presented reports to the president on the progress of the investigation of the case.

On March 23, the FSB reported the detention of 11 people, including four militants who were directly involved in the terrorist attack. The attackers tried to escape in a car, heading towards the Russian-Ukrainian border, and were detained by security forces in the Bryansk region.

Vladimir Putin, in his address to Russians, called what happened in Crocus City Hall a bloody and barbaric terrorist act. The head of state emphasized that all performers, organizers and customers of this will be punished.