09 December 2003, 15:58
Explosion in Essentuki leaves 44 people dead
The number of people died as a result of the explosion in the Kislovodsk-Minvody train in Essentuki on December 5 has reached 44.
As a spokesman of the operations staff to liquidate the consequences of the terrorist act reported, Larisa Yakushko, a citizen of Kislovodsk, died on Sunday, December 7, in the Essentuki City Hospital; another citizen of Kislovodsk, Aleksey Amelekhin, died in the same hospital on the night of December 7-8.
32 people died at the site of the explosion, the other 12 died in hospitals from injuries.
Source: Interfax News Agency
