INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The death toll from the attack on a Moscow concert hall claimed by Islamic extremists rose on Wednesday to 143, Russian authorities
said.Authorities listed the names of the dead five days after last Friday's attack, the deadliest claimed to date by Islamic State on
remained in the hospital, TASS news agency quoted Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko as saying.An anonymous medical source told TASS
that 205 people had received outpatient care.Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova told reporters the previous day that many people
in shock had initially not returned to the hospital for treatment.On Friday, gunmen opened fire at the Crocus City concert hall near Moscow,
until a full trial.Russia said Saturday it had arrested 11 people in connection with the attack
There has been no information on the other seven.The attack was swiftly claimed by Islamic State although Moscow has repeated its initial
line of a link to Ukraine.Kyiv rejects any involvement.Russia has for some years been a target of Islamic State owing to its role in
suppressing unrest in regions with a substantial Muslim majority as well as its support for the regime in Syria's civil war.On Monday, three
days after the attack, President Vladimir Putin admitted for the first time that the presumed gunmen were radical Islamists but continued to
insist on a link to Ukraine, saying the perpetrators were headed there when they were caught some 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the border.
