The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations published a new preliminary list of those killed as a result of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall as of 20:15 Moscow time on March 27 - the number of victims has increased to 143.

As the department’s press service clarified, the information is presented with reference to data from the Russian Ministry of Health. The list will be adjusted based on the results of forensic research, the Ministry of Emergency Situations added.

In turn, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that the Investigative Committee received 143 applications from victims about the disappearance of their relatives or loved ones as a result of the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall.

“Of these, 84 bodies have been identified so far, including the bodies of five children aged 9 to 16 years. In order to establish the identities of the remaining victims, molecular genetic examinations are being carried out,” the publication says.

The department said that the chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, held an operational meeting on March 27 and monitored the work of investigators at the scene of the tragedy in Krasnogorsk. In particular, the head of the department heard a report on the progress of the criminal investigation.

As the Investigative Committee clarified, specialists continue to inspect the scene of the incident. Research is being carried out using the latest forensic tools, and material evidence relevant to the investigation is being collected. In particular, as part of the criminal case, the issue of ensuring anti-terrorist and fire safety in the building is being studied.

“The investigation is analyzing the defendants’ use of the Internet to plan and commit a crime. Information seized from various technical devices used by terrorists is being studied,” the Investigative Committee added.

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Earlier, on the afternoon of March 27, the head of the Russian Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, announced that one of the victims of the terrorist attack died in the hospital. According to the minister, the patient was in extremely serious condition, the doctors did everything possible to save him.

The minister also said that among the victims at Crocus, 80 people remain in hospital treatment, including six children. 76 victims, including one child, have been discharged under medical supervision, the head of the Ministry of Health added.

Another 23 victims are completing hospital treatment and are preparing for discharge. At the same time, several patients remain in serious condition, the minister said.

“The condition of four patients remains extremely serious. 19 patients, including three children, are in serious condition. 34 victims are in moderate condition,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Zakharova - about the international reaction to the terrorist attack

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, emphasized during the briefing that only the Kiev regime did not condemn the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall amid the global reaction to the tragedy.

“Almost the whole world strongly condemned the terrorist attack. Then Westerners were drawn into the global chorus. Except for one country. Only one country on our planet went in the opposite direction. I’m not sure that we can talk about the country and the state. Still, let’s talk about the Kiev regime,” Zakharova said.

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She added that soon after the events of March 22, Vladimir Zelensky “hastened to disown” the terrorist attack in Crocus and tried to shift the blame to Russia and the country’s authorities.

“He directly began to spread some accusatory speeches against Russia and its leadership in the context of the terrorist attack. This was done so clumsily that the idea of ​​a Ukrainian trace literally began to strengthen in the mass world consciousness,” Zakharova said.

She also noted that in the first days after the terrorist attack, its events were linked to Ukraine by Kiev itself, as well as Washington and London. Zakharova recalled that the Ukrainian special services had previously repeatedly publicly admitted to preparing and committing high-profile terrorist attacks against Russia and its citizens.

The day before, the head of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, in a conversation with journalists, said that the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall was being prepared by radical Islamists with the support of the intelligence services of the West and Ukraine. He noted that the Kyiv special services “have a direct connection to this.”