Putin announces the arrest of all perpetrators of the Moscow attack

Orders additional anti-terrorist measures throughout the country and notes that the suspects had prepared an entry into Ukraine to flee

MADRID, 23 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, appeared this Saturday for the first time after the attack the day before at the Crocus City Hall events pavilion in Moscow to confirm that the four material authors of the massacre that left at least 115 dead and more of 100 injured have been arrested.

Putin, in a video published on the Kremlin website, denounced this "terrorist, bloody and barbaric act" and applauded the work of both the security forces and the rescue services and the civilian population that helped the survivors.

The president of Russia has announced that this coming Sunday, March 24, will be a day of national mourning while declaring "additional anti-terrorist and anti-sabotage measures" to "prevent those behind this bloodbath from committing a new crime."

Although the jihadist organization Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, the president has not mentioned the group in his speech.

Instead, he has limited himself to indicating, as previously informed by the Federal Security Service, that the suspects of material responsibility for the massacre were detained when they were heading to the Ukrainian border where, according to the president, "they had prepared an entry on the Ukrainian side to cross".