PARIS: Following the shootings, the French government has elevated its terror alert warning to the highest level.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal made the announcement on Sunday following discussions with senior security and defense officials alongside President Emmanuel Macron.
Attal conveyed in a statement on social media that this decision, made months before the Olympic Games in Paris, was prompted by the Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for the Moscow attack and the perceived threats facing the nation.
France’s terror alert system operates on three levels, with the highest level being activated in response to attacks either within France or abroad, or when there is deemed to be an imminent threat.
This heightened alert status permits the implementation of extraordinary security measures, including increased patrols by armed forces at public locations such as train stations, airports, and places of worship.
“We killed Russians for money,” says a shooter
One of the suspects of Moscow terrorist attack, Fariddun told the Russian interrogators that he and his accomplices killed people in attack on a concert for money.
Fariddun is a Tajik national and the Russian security officials arrested him along with 10 other attackers soon after the tragic terror attack in Moscow.
Russian state-controlled media released footage of law enforcement officers interrogating three men suspected of perpetrating the deadly attack on a concert hall in the Moscow region the previous night.
More than 140 Russians have been killed in the terrorist attack on a concert hall in Moscow on Friday night. Moscow Time reported the latest development about the suspects in the custody.
Earlier that Saturday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the apprehension of 11 individuals, including four suspected attackers, in connection with the assault on Friday.
In one of the interrogation videos disseminated by the RIA Novosti news agency, a man was depicted lying face down on the ground while another individual, whose identity remained undisclosed, gripped his hair, positioning him to face the camera.
The interrogator inquired, “What were you doing in Turkey?”
The detainee responded, “My documents expired there, so I crossed the border here,” presumably alluding to his passport. He then identified himself as Shamsutdin Fariddun, stating his date of birth as September 17, 1998.
The Russia’s Interior Ministry stated on Saturday that the four suspected gunmen arrested after Friday night’s deadly attack were foreigners, with some media outlets suggesting that they included citizens of the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan.
Addressing Fariddun, the interrogator inquired in the video, “What were you doing at Crocus [City Hall]?” referencing the site of the mass shooting.
“We were shooting… people… for money,” Fariddun confessed.
