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Lauren Aratani

Blinken: US condemns ‘heinous’ Moscow attack and ‘stands with people of Russia’

White man, suit, on tarmac, with airplane and Secret Service beyond him.
Antony Blinken speaks to the media before departing Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, condemned Friday’s terrorist attack in Moscow in a statement on Saturday afternoon, calling the shooting a “heinous crime”.

“We condemn terrorism in all of its forms and stand in solidarity with the people of Russia in grieving the loss of life from this horrific event,” Blinken said in the statement. “We send our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed and all affected by this heinous crime.”

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