22.08.2023, 13:35
The death toll during a tour of the sewers of Moscow has grown to eight
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS Rescuers found the bodies of three more victims during an underground excursion with diggers through the underground sewers of Neglinka in Moscow, write TASS and the telegram channel Shot.
"Now all eight participants of the tour have been found. They died. The operation to search for the dead has been completed," the agency interlocutor said.
According to the channel, the youngest victims — two girls — are 15 years old. Another minor victim was a 17-year-old boy. The rest of the dead are 31-63 years old.
The Investigative Committee later confirmed that the bodies of all the participants of the tour had been found, and investigators were conducting an identification.
The diggers took the tour two days ago — on August 20, despite the weather forecast and warnings from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and city services about a heavy downpour. By yesterday evening, it became known about five dead, the body of the last person found at that time surfaced under the Floating Bridge at the Zaryadye pier. A total of eight people signed up for the tour, the exact number of deaths is unknown, the emergency services told RIA Novosti.
"Now all eight participants of the tour have been found. They died. The operation to search for the dead has been completed," the agency interlocutor said.
According to the channel, the youngest victims — two girls — are 15 years old. Another minor victim was a 17-year-old boy. The rest of the dead are 31-63 years old.
The Investigative Committee later confirmed that the bodies of all the participants of the tour had been found, and investigators were conducting an identification.
The diggers took the tour two days ago — on August 20, despite the weather forecast and warnings from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and city services about a heavy downpour. By yesterday evening, it became known about five dead, the body of the last person found at that time surfaced under the Floating Bridge at the Zaryadye pier. A total of eight people signed up for the tour, the exact number of deaths is unknown, the emergency services told RIA Novosti.
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