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The final death toll from the terror attack at the Moscow concert hall could be much higher than the 140 confirmed dead, with Russian state investigators saying they have received 143 reports of people missing that night.
The investigative committee said in a statement that 84 bodies have been identified so far. Earlier on Wednesday, Baza, a Telegram channel linked to Russia's security services, reported that 95 individuals who did not appear among the 120 names on the official casualty register were missing after last week's Crocus City Hall shooting. .
Their relatives have not been able to make contact with them since Friday's attack, Baza said. It was not immediately clear whether the 84 bodies identified included those listed in the official register.
Many of the victims are believed to have died of smoke inhalation after the attackers set fire to the building, which also caused the roof to collapse.
Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack, its deadliest on European soil and the deadliest by any group in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege.
The fire and the collapse of the roof made the bodies of some victims unrecognizable, a source in the Russian emergency services told 112 Telegram.
" In many cases, only body fragments remain ," they added.
After the attack, some Russians tried to track down missing relatives through social media.
"Please help me find some information. There are many of us, we are looking at all the lists and going to hospitals" , wrote Luydmila Sitkikova, who was looking for her parents on the VK platform.
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