Good speech. Great to see that they did rescue the majority of the hostages as I feared if it played out any longer, they all were going to die. It appears that the Al Quaida hostage playbook was unfolding up to the point where the Russians stormed the building.
as I feared if it played out any longer, they all were going to die. It appears that the Al Quaida hostage playbook was unfolding up to the point where the Russians stormed the building.Lenta.ru is now confirming that there were, indeed, two tons of explosive, the building was mined quite well in order to fall completely, and the terrorists did wear real explosives in their belts. Apparently the gas was the only thing that made the rescue possible.
Very sad as they are also saying that some elderly people died in the hospital afterward as a result of the stress, lack of food and water, and then the gas too.