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Moscow condemns ‘barbaric’ Sydney attack, says Russians among those killed
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia’s Foreign Ministry condemns the mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in Australia and says Russian nationals are among those killed.
“We firmly condemn the barbaric attack by extremists as a result of which 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed and dozens wounded,” spokeswoman Maria Zakharova writes on the ministry website.
“It has become known that our compatriots, permanent residents of Australia, were among those killed in the terrorist act.”
Russia, she says, stands firmly in favor of an “uncompromising fight” against terrorism in any form it assumes.
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