MOSCOW (AFP) – The death toll from the attack on a Moscow concert hall claimed by Islamic State (IS) rose on Wednesday to 143, Russian authorities said.
Authorities listed the names of the dead on the Russian Ministry for Civil Defence and Emergency Situations five days after last Friday’s attack, the deadliest claimed to date by IS on European soil and the worst in Russia in two decades.
By Wednesday afternoon, 80 people injured in the attack, including six children, remained in hospital, TASS news agency quoted Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko as saying.
An anonymous medical source told TASS 205 people had received outpatient care.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova told reporters the previous day that many people in shock had initially not returned to the hospital for treatment.
