In the popular Crocus City Hall event center near Moscow, previously unknown perpetrators shot randomly at visitors on Friday, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries. There were also explosions and a major fire in the building. Now more and more details are becoming known – and many are commenting on the attack.
The European Union was shocked and horrified, wrote EU Commission spokesman Peter Stano on the platform X (formerly Twitter). The EU condemns any attacks on civilians. “Our thoughts are with all affected Russian citizens.” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council also condemned the attack. The Foreign Office wrote on X about a “terrible attack on innocent people.” The background needs to be clarified quickly. “Our deepest condolences go out to the families of the victims,” it said.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron condemned the deadly attack and expressed its condolences to the families affected. “The United Kingdom strongly condemns the deadly terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall near Moscow,” Cameron said on X. The families of the many victims have his deepest condolences. “Nothing can ever justify such terrible violence.”
Also in Germany there is great sympathy. The first expressions of mourning could be seen in Berlin: people had placed flowers at the Russian embassy not far from the Brandenburg Gate. There were mainly red and white roses and carnations on the fence of the embassy grounds. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) was shocked by the attack. “We condemn the terrible terrorist attack on innocent concert-goers in Moscow,” Scholz said on X. “Our thoughts are with the relatives of the victims and all those injured,” wrote the Chancellor.
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) said the terrorist attack on many innocent people was shocking. “Our condolences go out to the people who have lost loved ones and to the many injured.”
Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) said his condolences go out to “the victims and their families, who are now grieving and fearing for the injured.” It is important to clarify the background quickly. Also his party colleague Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed condolences to the victims and their families. “Innocent people who just wanted to go to a rock concert were murdered in cold blood. We condemn cowardly, inhumane terror – anywhere. Our sympathy goes out to the people of Russia,” explains Baerbock on X.
The USA warned not to establish any connection with Ukraine. “There is no evidence that Ukraine or Ukrainians had anything to do with the shooting,” US National Security Council communications director John Kirby said in Washington. The Russian Foreign Ministry then criticized the fact that the USA very quickly exonerated Ukraine as the possible mastermind of the attack on the Moscow concert hall. It raises questions if the US were to draw such conclusions while the tragedy was still unfolding.