104 adults, 3 children wounded in terrorist attack still in hospitals. Search operation is underway

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The death toll from the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue near Moscow has climbed to 133 people, reports TASS quoting Russian Investigative Committee.

“As the rubble was being removed in the concert hall of the Crocus City Hall, the number of people killed in the terrorist attack has risen to 133. The search operation is underway,” the statement said.

On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow. According to the Russian Health Ministry, 147 people were injured. Eleven suspects involved in the terrorist attack have been apprehended, including four hitmen who were trying to make off heading towards the Ukrainian border. President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that, according to preliminary information, the Ukrainian side had been preparing ‘a gap’ in the border for the terrorists to cross it. He vowed to identify and hold to account all those behind the attack on the Crocus City Hall and declared March 24 a day of nationwide mourning.

Flames put out at Crocus City Hall —

Firefighters have extinguished the blaze in the Crocus City Hall, the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s regional office told TASS, which was also confirmed by the ministry’s central press service.

“At 7:18 p.m. [Moscow time] (4:18 p.m. GMT), it was said that the open burning had been eliminated,” the Emergencies Ministry said.

104 adults, three children wounded in terrorist attack still in hospitals

A total of 107 people injured in the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall music venue are in medical institutions, and three of them are children, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova told reporters.

“Medical institutions of Moscow and the Moscow region carry on the work to provide medical treatment to the patients who were injured in the terrorist attack at the Crocus [City Hall]. Currently, 107 patients, including three children, are in medical institutions,” she said.

The deputy prime minister specified the one child was in critical condition, and the other two were in serious condition.

On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow. According to the Russian Health Ministry, 147 people were injured. Eleven suspects involved in the terrorist attack have been apprehended, including four hitmen who were trying to make off heading towards the Ukrainian border. President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that, according to preliminary information, the Ukrainian side had been preparing ‘a gap’ in the border for the terrorists to cross it. He vowed to identify and hold to account all those behind the attack on the Crocus City Hall and declared March 24 a day of nationwide mourning.