The Russians put several rounds into all 40 odd terrorists when most of them were already under due to the gas. Not that I blame them for it.
The local police did a crappy job of cordoning the place off and a local woman went into the theater on her own and urged the hostages to rise up against the cowards. Naturally she was killed but that was one ballsy woman.
In 1986 Beruit the ‘relative’ they kidnapped and cut up was a 12 year old boy.
There ya go.