Up to 700 people believed to be held hostage in Moscow

[Promethus]

October 25, 2002


2 Hostages Killed in Moscow Theater
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:07 p.m. ET


MOSCOW (AP) -- Two male hostages were killed and a male and female were wounded early Saturday in the standoff at a Moscow theater, said Pavel Kudryabtsev, an official at a command center handling the crisis.

The report came minutes after gunfire and explosions shook the area for the second time during the night.

The command center said it tried to make contact with hostage-takers but failed, Interfax news agency reported.

The hostage-takers had threatened to begin killing their captives by sunrise Saturday if their demands for Russia's withdrawal from Chechnya weren't met.

Kudryabtsev's announcement came at about 6 a.m. local time, just after a series of explosions and gunfire were heard in the theater area -- the second time during the night such noises rang out there.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Lord Merciless

4. Pressure on Georgia to finally do something against terrosits or else.
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WTF? Do you know how many Mid-to-senior Al Qaeda leaders the Georgian Military has netted in the last 3 months?

30. Jesus, it's the Georgian army, not the effing Gurkhas. Give them time.

[Promethus]

October 25, 2002


Explosions and Heavy Gunfire Heard at Moscow Theater
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW -- A group of soldiers with guns drawn ran toward a Moscow theater and more explosions and heavy gunfire were heard early Saturday as a couple of people were seen running from the theater where hundreds of hostages were being held by Chechen gunmen.

An armored personnel carrier also moved toward the theater, and a group of about 30 soldiers who had earlier been hiding behind a nearby structure moved out of view toward the theater.

[JCG]

Looks like the killing's started...

[Dr Strangelove]

I wonder how they were going to verify that the Russians had withdrawn from Chechnya?

[Promethus]

Chechen Rebels Killing Hostages at Moscow Theater
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:46 p.m. ET

MOSCOW (AP) -- The Chechen rebels holding hundreds of captives have started killing hostages, Russian news agencies reported early Saturday after a series of explosions and gunfire were heard in the area.

A group of soldiers with guns drawn ran toward a Moscow theater and more explosions and heavy gunfire were heard as a couple of people were seen running from the theater.

[Serb]

Official info,
Sergey Ignatenko, representative of emergency HQ just said-
terrorsts started to kill hostages, confirmend info about 2 hostages dead and two injured. Hostages were trying to escape theater. Group of speznaz moved in theater to support escape of hostages. Two of hostages, both women now in HQ.
Several ambulance and several bus are moving to theater.

I love how your media call those guys gunman and rebels. Is it still don't clear that those guys are terrorists. The people are dying here and you call them rebels?

[Promethus]

Serb

Sorry, I don't write the news. You were not posting and I saw this hapening and I posted what I saw.

[Serb]

THEY DID IT.
THE THEATER IS LIBERATED.
No shooting anymore. speznaz freely going inside/outside of the building. More ambulance and bus arive to theater.
Thanks God.

[Lord Merciless]

Originally posted by Sonic
You, btw, seem to be very against Islam as a religion.

Yes, because most of its followers are still caught in Middle Age barbarism. I will continue to hate Islam as long as there is no serious reform toward modernity from within.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Promethus
Serb

Sorry, I don't write the news. You were not posting and I saw this hapening and I posted what I saw.

I didn't mean you of course. Sorry please don't take it personal. I mean your media, reporters who write the news, those guys need to think again about the defeinitions they use.
Thanks God situation is resolved I'm going to watch the TV.

EDIT: Too many grammar errors.

[Serb]

The building is under control. Spcnaz disabled majority of explosives. Evacuation of hostages has started. No info about casualities. majority of terrorists killed, including their leader. remaining could be among hostages.

[Promethus]

Moscow Theater Under the Control of Russian Troops
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW -- Russian special forces stormed the theater where Chechen rebels were holding hundreds of hostages, and officials said they were in control of the building. About 20 bodies were seen being removed from the theater and the lead hostage-taker was reportedly killed.

The hostages were being let out of the building, said Pavel Kudryavtsev, an official at the command center handling the crisis. Buses were also seen heading to the theater.

The bodies were brought out shortly after an AP photographer saw about a hundred Russian special forces troops and firefighters entered the building. Wounded hostages were seen being removed from the Moscow theater where hundreds are being held, Russian news agencies reported.

The Interfax news agency also said several people, apparently hostage-takers, were being brought out from the building with their hands bound.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Glad it has been resolved - and I hope that the casualties were mostly (if not all!) terrorists.

And here's to a speedy trial for the surviving terrorists, followed by some speedy executions.

[Lord Merciless]

Great job by Russian Spetznaz!

Now it's time to go back on the offensive and wipe these bandits out.