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The number of victims of a meteorite fall in Chelyabinsk has reached a thousand
According to the latest data, the number of victims of falling meteorite fragments in the Chelyabinsk region has reached a thousand people, a representative of the press center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs told reporters.
He said that, according to the latest data, about a thousand people were injured, including more than 200 children.
According to him, Lake Chebarkul, where, according to preliminary data, the meteorite fell, is currently under police protection.
On the morning of February 15, a meteor shower occurred over the Chelyabinsk region. The shock wave broke glass in many houses, roofs collapsed in some buildings, and power lines were also reported to be broken. The shock wave destroyed part of the buildings at the Chelyabinsk zinc plant .