Posted on 10/25/2002 10:33:41 PM PDT by akash
Nearly 700 hostages held in a Moscow theatre by Chechen rebels have been released in an operation by Russian special security forces. At the start of the operation, the chief hostage-taker, Movsar Barayev, was killed.
The theatre has been brought entirely under the control of security forces.
A number of Chechen rebels holding the hostages have been killed or arrested, Interfax news agency reported.
PTI
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