Families await news on loved ones after Moscow concert hall attack

Rescuers work in the burned concert hall after a terrorist attack on the building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia. Picture: Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP

Family and friends of those still missing after an attack that killed more than 130 people at a Moscow concert hall waited for news of their loved ones as Russia observed a day of national mourning on Sunday.

Events at cultural institutions were cancelled, flags were lowered and TV entertainment and ads were suspended, according to state news agency RIA Novosti.