18:29, 3 January 2014

MPH: four victims of Volgograd terror acts are still in extremely grave condition

Flowers at the place of the terror act committed in Volgograd trolleybus. Volgograd, December 30, 2013. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

As reported by the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of the Russian Federation, four hospitalized victims of the terror acts committed in Volgograd are in extremely critical condition; in total, 65 victims are still in hospitals of Moscow and Volgograd.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the terror acts in Volgograd at the railway station on December 29 and in a trolleybus on December 30 killed 36 people, including two suicide bombers, and wounded more than 70.

According to the MPH, 45 victims are still in Volgograd hospitals: two in critical and two in very grave condition, the "Interfax" reports.

The press service of the ministry has added that among those transported for treatment to Moscow, two are in extremely grave and eight are in grave condition; nine others are assessed as moderate; and one – as satisfactory.

Those sent to Moscow were distributed among hospitals of the MPH, the Federal Medical-Biological Agency, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and city clinics.