The number of people wounded as a result of Monday's explosion at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport has increased to 110, a spokesman for the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax.
"By Tuesday morning the number of those injured in the blast at the airport had grown to 110," he said.
According to the ministry spokesman, 108 people are currently being treated in hospitals. Twenty-five of them have not yet been identified.
Forty-three people remain in critical or serious condition, a spokesman for the Health and Social Development Ministry said.
"Among those currently being treated in hospitals, four people are in critical condition, 39 people are in serious condition, 56 people are in medium gravity condition, and 11 people are in satisfactory condition," the spokesman said.
A report released at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday confirms that eight citizens of foreign countries were killed in the terrorist attack at Domodedovo Airport, a source in Moscow’s healthcare department told Interfax.
"The victims are citizens of both CIS and non-CIS countries," the source said.
"The identification of the bodies has not yet been completed. This figure could be higher," he said.
Those hospitalized after the explosion include citizens of Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Germany, Slovakia and Nigeria (two people), the source saod.
The Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reported on its website, citing a source in law enforcement services, that six foreigners killed in the explosion had been identified as two Brits, as well as citizens of Germany, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Interfax yesterday about the death of two UK citizens in the terrorist attack, referring to preliminary reports.
The death toll from the explosion at Domodedovo Airport stands at 35, and from 135 to 180 people were injured.
Eighteen bodies had been identified by 7:00 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday, the Emergency Situations Ministry’s spokesman told Rossiya 24 television.
