Ambassadors and staff of dozens of diplomatic missions in Russia on Saturday attended a memorial ceremony in Moscow to honor the victims of the March 22 terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 144 people, Paralel.Az reports quoting Anadolu Agency.

The ceremony started with a minute of silence followed by diplomats releasing white balloons and laying flowers at the memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall in Moscow region's administrative center of Krasnogorsk, which was destroyed by fire.

Diplomats from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, the US, and the Middle East, as well as Director General of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexey Ostrovsky, representatives of the Russian Council of Young Diplomats, the Foreign Ministry and college students took part in the event.

Separately, the Russian Emergency Ministry said the number of injured rose to 551, including five children.