Moscow, Russia’s Investigative Committee has received 143 reports on people who went missing during the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, TASS quoted the committee’s press service as saying.
‘The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has received 143 reports from victims who say that their relatives or loved ones went missing as a result of the terrorist attack,’ the statement reads.
In addition, the Investigative Committee said that 84 bodies had been identified, including the bodies of five children.
‘Molecular genetic tests are being conducted to establish the identities of the rest of the dead people,’ the committee said.
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 140. According to the latest information, 360 people were injured. Of those, 260 have received outpatient treatment.
Eleven individuals suspected of being involved in the terrorist attack h
ave 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.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency