France raises terror alert to highest level after Moscow concert hall attack

France raised its terror alert to its highest level on Sunday following a terrorist attack that killed at least 137 people at a Moscow concert hall, Report informs via Anadolu.

"Following the attack in Moscow, a Defense and National Security Council (meeting) was convened this evening at the Elysee by the President of the Republic (Emmanuel Macron)," Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said in a statement on X.

With the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group claiming responsibility for the attack "and the threats weighing on our country, we have decided to raise the Vigipirate posture to its highest level: attack emergency," he said, referring to France's national security alert system.