Moscow city hospitals discharge 52 people injured in terror attack — deputy PM
According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova, most of those hospitalized have gun wounds and poisoning with toxic gases
MOSCOW, March 25. /TASS/. More than 50 patients who were hurt in the terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall concert venue have been released from hospitals; more than 90 are receiving inpatient treatment, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said.
"Over the period since the terror attack, as many as 145 people were taken to hospitals. <…> As of today, fifty-two patients have been released to continue outpatient treatment. Ninety-three, including five children, continue to receive inpatient treatment," she said at a meeting on the situation around the Crocus City Hall terror attack, which was chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to Golikova, most of those hospitalized have gun wounds and poisoning with toxic gases.
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. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the current death toll is 139, but may rise. The Moscow Region Health Ministry said that 182 people were injured.
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.