Scholz said that German intelligence services did not know about the impending terrorist attack in Russia
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the German intelligence services did not have information about the planned terrorist attack in the Moscow region.
“No , but perhaps the American intelligence services had some information,” Scholz said in an interview with the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, answering the question of whether German intelligence had information about the plans of the terrorists that the United States warned about.
< p>“It is part of the US government policy to warn other countries when they have such data. They even issued a public warning. It’s very sad that this terrible terrorist attack still happened,” the chancellor emphasized.
On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack occurred in the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region. 143 people became victims. According to the latest data, about 360 people were injured, of which 205 received medical assistance on the spot. 11 people involved in the terrorist attack were detained, including all 4 perpetrators who tried to escape towards the Ukrainian border.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that, according to preliminary data, the Ukrainian side organized “ window” for the perpetrators of the terrorist attack to cross the border. He promised to identify and punish all those involved in the attack on Crocus City Hall.