[McGruff]

from Reuters

Armed Men Seize Moscow Theater

Last Updated: October 23, 2002 02:11 PM ET

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A group of armed gunmen seized a Moscow theater staging a musical late Wednesday, firing shots in the air and holding a number of people hostage, police in the capital said.

Interfax news agency, one of whose reporters was in the theater at the time, said the gunmen had allowed members of the audience to make phone calls and children to be released.

Muslim members of the audience attending the production of "North-East" were also allowed to leave, Interfax said.

Police teams rushed to the scene but there were no initial reports of casualties. Police said it was not immediately clear how many people were involved in the incident or how many people were attending the show.

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Muslim members of the audience attending the production of "North-East" were also allowed to leave, Interfax said.

It's as if the terrorists are egging on the countries who don't want to go along with the U.S. and begging them to change their minds.

[Squantos]

FYI......Stay Safe !

[texson66]

Muslim members of the audience attending the production of "North-East" were also allowed to leave, Interfax said.


What? Do the moose-limbs carry secret ids just in case of
a hostage situation??

[caa26]

The wolrd-wide muslim jihad is picking up steam everyday. Wonder what it will take for the liberal & socialists of Europe to recognize?

[John_11_25]

Interfax news agency, one of whose reporters was in the theater at the time, said the gunmen had allowed members of the audience to make phone calls and children to be released.

Sounds like what they did just before flying the planes into the WTC. (Except for the children).

Once they have the "World Media's" Attention, I think this will turn out very bad.

[agrandis]

Interfax news agency, one of whose reporters was in the theater at the time, said the gunmen had allowed members of the audience to make phone calls and children to be released.

Muslim members of the audience attending the production of "North-East" were also allowed to leave, Interfax said.

My gosh! Sounds like they plan to kill them all.

[iceskater]

Isn't this like one of the scenarios in the AQ training manuals that were found? I thought I remembered hearing about scenarios where the AQ planned to take groups hostage with no intention of letting them go. There was even discussion of decapitations and the like.

This sounds really bad.

[ET(end tyranny)]

said the gunmen had allowed members of the audience to make phone calls

Sounds familiar.

[Bon mots]

allowed members of the audience to make phone calls and children to be released.

They are not Palestinians. Remember the airport attack in Rome? They aimed for children first because they knew that adults would never abandone screaming bloody children. Then they could go back and kill more.

Islam is peace.

[aristeides]

I take it no Moslems in the audience refused to leave.

[flamefront]

Weird how Reuters tries to frame the attack by a bunch of war protestors. As if justified.