Minsk mourns over terrorist attack victims

On April 13 mourning over 12 victims of the bloody terrorist attack in metro was declared.

On April 13 the first funeral ceremonies for the killed in the terrorist act, are to take place. Yesterday evening a report was received that all the 12 victims of the Minsk metro blast had been identified. They are 5 women and 7 men, the youngest of them, Syarhei Hyarasimchyk, was 17, and the oldest one, Alyaksandr Parfuntsau was 47 years old. Most of them were Minsk dwellers, though citizens of Baranavichy, Lyuban and Pukhavichy districts had been killed in metro. Two of them are to be buried in the cemetery in Kalodzishchy near Minsk today, their graves are to be situated next to each other, as these people were a common-law couple. The ceremony will be held at the expense of Minsk budget, the families of the victims are to be paid compensation equivalent to $10,000, Radio Svaboda reminds.

As for the injured in the terrorist attack, as of April 12, 7 p.m. 193 persons have sought medical assistance, 165 of them were hospitalised. As said by medical doctors, 11 of them were in critical condition, and doctors are fighting for their lives. Meanwhile, 9 persons wounded by the terrorist act, were discharged from Minsk hospitals yesterday.

Yesterday evening experts of Russian investigatory committee arrived to Belarus to help Belarusian investigators. Today morning experts from Israel have arrived.

After the yesterday wave of panics in Minsk, when every siren of an ambulance or a fire fighting vehicle triggered rumours about a new terrorist attack, the Interior Affairs Ministry asked the services not to use such siren horns widely, and asked citizens to be more patient if they would be checked and searched because of tightened security measures.

The first metro line of Minsk is not functioning today as well, as repair work at Kastrychnitskaya (Oktyabrskaya) station has not been finished yet. Minsk dwellers as before are still facing traffic problems.