Moscow concert attack: Relatives of missing desperately seek answers - BBC News

Dozens of people are still unaccounted for, with relatives attempting to track down their loved ones.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ShutterstockImage caption, People gathered outside the Crocus venue to pay their respects to the victims of the attack on 22 MarchBy Victoria Safronova and Ido VockBBC NewsDozens of people are still missing following the attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue in Moscow, raising fears that the death toll could rise higher than the current 143.

Some relatives of the missing have been attempting to track down their loved ones in hospitals around the capital.

The fire which destroyed much of the venue is believed to have made many victims' remains unrecognisable.

143 people are still missing, Russian investigators said on Wednesday.

42-year-old Oleg Shikhovtsev from Lyubertsy, near Moscow, was at the concert by the band Picnic with his wife and 19-year-old daughter. The family was sitting towards the front of the venue when the attack began. Mr Shikhovtsev protected his wife, who was wounded in the back. His daughter was also injured.

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