Death toll from Crocus City Hall attack reaches 143

The Russian Emergencies Ministry has published an updated list of people killed in the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, which now includes 143 names, TASS reports.

 

The list is current as of 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. GMT) on March 27 and is based on the Russian Health Ministry’s data.

 

Earlier in the day, the Russian Investigative Committee reported that it had received 143 missing persons reports from relatives related to the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall. To date, 84 bodies have been identified, including the bodies of five children aged from nine to 16 years.

 

On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, just over the Moscow city limits. The current death toll is at least 140. According to the latest information, about 360 people were injured. Of those, 205 have received outpatient treatment.

 

Eleven individuals suspected of being involved in the terrorist attack have been apprehended, including four gunmen who were detained in the Bryansk Region, southwest of Moscow, as they attempted to seek refuge by crossing the nearby Ukrainian border.

 

President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that, according to preliminary information, the Ukrainian side had prepared "a window" in the border especially for the terrorists to cross undetected. He promised to identify and punish all those who were behind the attack on Crocus City Hall.