Men Hold Moscow Audience Hostage [Reports of 1000 Hostages]

AP News ^ | OCTOBER 23, 14:03 ET

[McGruff]

MOSCOW (AP) — Armed men entered a Moscow theater Wednesday and took the audience hostage, the Federal Security Service said.

The theater was holding a performance of the musical Nord-Ost, one of the Russian capital's most popular productions.

The Interfax news agency said one of its reporters was inside the theater at the time of the raid. She told them in a telephone call that the men had fired into the air and were preventing the audience from leaving, the agency said.

Police units were on their way to the scene.

[MarMema]

This is not designed for negotiation. Hostages with explosives wired to them.....

May God welcome these good Russian people and hold them tightly with love and peace until their time is up.
I am very upset as three of my children are from Russia and we have many friends there. The Russians are like extended family for us. We have been there many many times and really fallen in love with the country and people.

[Dog Gone]

Just be happy you didn't post from debka.

You're on thin ice for even mentioning that name.

[afraidfortherepublic]

This is that blood repayal thing they do in islam...

Ah, yes. Thanks for explaining -- if such barbarism can be explained.

[laconic]

Pravda.ru (english version) reports that the theater was full with 1,000 patrons. The scum let 150 children and Muslims go, so the current estimate is that there are 850 hostages in the theater.

[Inkie]

OK by me. There were a lot of "Moose the dope" type comments on this thread, however. Glad to return to the topic: Russians are paying for their support of Saddam, IMHO. He is of the same cloth as these folks, even if he's not religious. He loves Islamic terrorists because they hate us -- the enemy of my enemy, etc.

[gcruse]

 
Atheists hate it when I say that, but you have to admit..
.Israel v. the world doesn't sound that far-fetched, does it?

Israel against the world is damned near a tautology.

[SSN558]

Are they all wearing silk shirts ? Russian Mob ?

[Aquinasfan]

The group is in Moscow "to die, not to survive," he said.

The news readers on PMSNBC are prattling on about how negotiations should be conducted in order to resolve this situation. Naive fools.

[laconic]

The Delta flight into Moscow from New York is known playfully as the "adoption flight" because of so many prospective American parents. I find the Russkis to be far more like us than most Europeans.

[A. Pole]

The US response would be to invite them over for a group hug.

The hug from the previous administration (the same one which hugged KLA):
We also have a long history of meeting all parties to a conflict

[yukong]

Any reports of Peace Loving Muslims™ denouncing this?

Those few words say more than anything about the state of affairs in this old world of ours. We keep hearing about what a "religion of peace" islam is, but you don't hear any of the muslim clerics calling for the ending of hostilities. You don't hear of the religious heads calling for peace. And you sure don't read it in the quran. In fact, if you read the quran, you will find that the peaceful religion is to "kill all unbelievers". Now that is peaceful. Peace=everyone must be muslim or die.

[McGruff]

Here's a bunch of external links via Google's News search.

Gunmen Hold Theater Audience Hostage In Moscow
WPTZ-TV, NY - 29 minutes ago
MOSCOW -- Armed men who claimed to be Chechens seized a crowded Moscow theater
Wednesday and took the audience captive, the Federal Security Service said. ...

Gunmen Hold Hundreds Hostage in Moscow Theater
Voice of America - 35 minutes ago
Witnesses and police say a group of armed men has stormed a theater
in southeastern Moscow and is holding hundreds of people hostage. ...

Gunmen hold hostages in Moscow theater
United Press International - 48 minutes ago
By Anthony Louis. MOSCOW, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Russia was plunged into
crisis Wednesday night when a group of 20 Chechen gunmen stormed ...

Armed men enter Moscow theater, take audience hostage
Canton Repository, OH - 1 hour ago
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Writer. MOSCOW (AP) - Armed men who
claimed to be Chechens seized a crowded Moscow theater Wednesday ...

Men hold Moscow audience hostage
Canada.com, Canada - 1 hour ago
MOSCOW -- Armed men who claimed to be Chechens seized a crowded Moscow theatre
Wednesday and took the audience captive, the Federal Security Service said. ...

Moscow theater audience taken hostage
Columbia State, SC - 1 hour ago
By JIM HEINTZ. MOSCOW - Armed men who claimed to be Chechens seized
a crowded Moscow theater Wednesday and took the audience captive ...

Theatre gunmen 'planting bombs'
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 1 hour ago
By staff writers and agencies. GUNMEN who have taken hundreds of people
hostage at a Moscow theatre have begun placing bombs around ...

Armed men hold Moscow theatre audience hostage, seek end to war ...
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 1 hour ago
MOSCOW (AP) - Armed men who claimed to be Chechens seized a crowded Moscow theatre
Wednesday and took the audience captive, the Federal Security Service said. ...

Audience held hostage by gunmen in Moscow
WHNT, AL - 1 hour ago
According to Russia's Federal Security Service, a group of armed men
entered the theater today. The Interfax news agency says one ...

Gunmen Plant Bombs in Crowded Moscow Theater
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
Gunmen who stormed a Moscow theater and took hostage an audience of
about 700 people have reportedly planted bombs in the building. ...

Audience held hostage by gunmen in Moscow
KFVS, MO - 1 hour ago
According to Russia's Federal Security Service, a group of armed men
entered the theater today. The Interfax news agency says one ...

Men Take Moscow Audience Hostage
Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - 1 hour ago
By JIM HEINTZ. MOSCOW -- Armed men who claimed to be Chechens seized
a crowded Moscow theater Wednesday and took the audience captive ...

Audience held hostage by gunmen in Moscow
KVBC, NV - 1 hour ago
According to Russia's Federal Security Service, a group of armed men
entered the theater today. The Interfax news agency says one ...

Audience held hostage by gunmen in Moscow
KPLC-TV, LA - 1 hour ago
According to Russia's Federal Security Service, a group of armed men
entered the theater today. The Interfax news agency says one ...

Audience held hostage by gunmen in Moscow
KFOR-TV, OK - 1 hour ago
According to Russia's Federal Security Service, a group of armed men
entered the theater today. The Interfax news agency says one ...

Audience held hostage by gunmen in Moscow
KRON4.com, CA - 1 hour ago
According to Russia's Federal Security Service, a group of armed men
entered the theater today. The Interfax news agency says one ...

Armed men take audience hostage in Moscow
Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, FL - 1 hour ago
By Jim Heintz. MOSCOW -- Armed men who claimed to be Chechens seized
a crowded Moscow theater today and took the audience captive ...

Armed men hold Moscow theatre audience hostage, seek end to war ...
Canada.com, Canada - 1 hour ago
MOSCOW (AP) - Armed men who claimed to be Chechens seized a crowded Moscow theatre
Wednesday and took the audience captive, the Federal Security Service said. ...

Audience held hostage by gunmen in Moscow
KRNV, NV - 1 hour ago
According to Russia's Federal Security Service, a group of armed men
entered the theater today. The Interfax news agency says one ...

Audience held hostage by gunmen in Moscow
WPMI, AL - 1 hour ago
According to Russia's Federal Security Service, a group of armed men
entered the theater today. The Interfax news agency says one ...

Theatre gunmen 'planting bombs'
The Australian, Australia - 1 hour ago
By staff writers and agencies. GUNMEN who have taken hundreds of people
hostage at a Moscow theatre have begun placing bombs around ...

Theatre gunmen 'planting bombs'
News Interactive, Australia - 1 hour ago
By staff writers and agencies. GUNMEN who have taken hundreds of people
hostage at a Moscow theatre have begun placing bombs around ...

[overtaxed_canadian]

CNN just said that about 20 children were released. No mention of any Muslims. Were muslims really released or is this information being suppressed?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Putin needs to give the terrorists a message they will not soon forget (and Putin seems like the last person terrorists should be messing with ....that dude seems crazy yet calculating, extremely calculating. He is definitely not Yeltsin!). And GW also needs to give them a similar message to make sure they always remember!

Your comment made me think of an article I read describing Putin's latest visit to Washingtom some months back. At one scheduled gathering, Daschle was late arriving. As he ran up to the entourage, he blurted a comment to Putin, something along the line: "We're about the same size!". Putin, a black belt and ex-KGB Commander, glared at Daschole as though he wanted to tear his heart out and eat it. It was hilarious!

[PoisedWoman]

The terrorists are the wives of chechen men killed by Russians.

Are you sure? the BBC online report says taht 30 - 40 wives are with the "guerillas" at the theatre, not that they ARE the guerillas. Could be both, I suppose.

[xp38]

Thanks and praise that FR is here and available with so many resourceful posters keeping us informed.

[livius]

"Incompetent braindead blowdried fluffernutter idiots!"[the media]

I think you've got a lot of sympathizers on FR!

[yukong]

On the next episode of Battle of the Stars Boxing on Fox

Putin, a black belt and ex-KGB Commander, glared at Daschole as though he wanted to tear his heart out and eat it.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

...first they attack the French oil-tanker and now have ~500 russians hostage? It seems like they are trying to annoy every supporter they have. Next they'll down a Chinese plane.

They behave as rabid dogs.

[Smogger]

CNN just said that about 20 children were released. No mention of any Muslims. Were muslims really released or is this information being suppressed?

CNN is reporting very old info. Muslims, children and Checneyan's were released. Reported dozens of times on this thread. Like around page 1 or 2. There is lots of good info on this thread you won't find on CNN, Fox, etc.