PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron "strongly condemns the terrorist attack claimed by the Islamic State" that left at least 60 people dead and over 100 injured in a Moscow concert hall on Friday, according to the Elysee Palace.

"France expresses its solidarity with the victims, their loved ones and all the Russian people," the presidential office said.

"The images from Moscow tonight are horrifying. Our thoughts go to the victims and to those injured as well as to the Russian people. All effort has to be made to determine the causes of these heinous acts," the French Foreign Ministry said on Friday on X, formerly Twitter.