21.   No figures were available for missing persons, and a final toll was not expected until later Thursday.

22.   Officials of the Chechen Interior Ministry and Gudermes local administration are in the process of compiling a final toll, the statement said.

23.   Rescue workers at the scene told AFP that corpses were still being found and that the final toll would be much higher.

24.   Rescue wrokers at the scene told AFP that corpses were still being found and that the final toll would be much higher.

25.   The dead included three women and two children, residents said fearing the final toll may go up.

26.   The final toll of casualties may be much higher, Interfax news agency quoted the ministry as saying.

27.   The final toll of the tragedy -- caused by panic at the series of technicolour arms explosions that rocked Lagos late Sunday -- was not clear.

28.   The final toll could be higher, it added.

29.   The interior ministry also said in a statement issuing the final toll that the blast was caused by a gas leak.

30.   The final toll is likely to be much higher as many are still unaccounted for, the report said.