news conference: intense fighting in the southern areas, 20 minute cease fire to get women and children out, fire fight going on now, snipers still in the minarets, women and children in the basement, 8 dead, 29 wounded (soldiers), lots of women and children are hostages, clearing room by room slowly, explosions are stun grenades,
more than 75 rooms in the basement, hostages and militants divided between the rooms, fighting in every room