Main work on emergency care to wounded in terrorist attack finished — health minister

Society & Culture March 23, 5:43

The work with severe patients in particular continues, Mikhail Murashko said

MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. The main work on emergency care to those wounded in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall is complete, doctors are stabilizing the state of patients and continue working with those whose state is estimated as the severest, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said.

"The main work on providing care to those admitted is complete, the activities on stabilizing patients continue now," he said in an interview aired by the Rossiya-24 TV channel. "All main actions on emergency care have been finished, the work with severe patients in particular continues," the minister added.

A terrorist attack was carried out at the Crocus City Hall music venue in the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow on Friday evening. Unidentified gunmen armed with assault rifles went on a shooting spree. An explosion rocked the building, starting a fire. The special services are conducting a search operation.

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