A TV grab shows dead female hostage-takers inside a Moscow theater after Russian special forces stormed the building, October 26, 2002. Russian forces killed most of the Chechen guerrillas who had started to execute captive theatergoers, but some of the 700 hostages also died, officials said. (Pool via Reuters)
The body of a man thought to be a Chechen gunman lies at the entrance of a theater after it was stormed by special forces in Moscow, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Russian special forces stormed the building before sunrise Saturday to end the crisis. More than 90 hostages dead, but some 750 others freed and dozens of the assailants killed. (AP Photo/Gazeta)
Russian special forces take a detained man out of the Moscow theatre where Chechen rebels were holding hundreds captive. An official said 67 hostages and 34 rebels were killed when troops stormed the building on October 26. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
A Special forces officer escorts an arrested Chechen rebel at the Moscow theater entrance, early Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Special forces stormed the theater where Chechen rebels were holding hundreds of hostages before dawn Saturday. More than 700 captives were liberated. Sixty-seven hostages died in the crisis along with many of the gunmen, a top official said. (AP Photo/ Dmitry Lovetsky
Chechen refugees watch Russian television footage showing a killed female captor after Russian special forces stormed a Moscow theater, in a refugee camp near Karabulak, Ingushetia, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Gunfire rattled in the theater at dawn Saturday and Russian special forces pumped it full of sleeping gas before troops stormed the building, killing 42 Chechen rebels and freeing more than 700 captives in the third day of a hostage drama. Officials said 67 captives were killed. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
Russian special forces remove a gunman from a theater where Chechen guerrillas were holding hundreds captive in Moscow October 26, 2002. Russian forces stormed the theater on Saturday after the gunmen started killing their hostages, ending a three-day siege in a dawn operation in which scores died, a security official said. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
A special forces officer wearing a gas-mask is seen through a hole in a poster of the musical 'Nord-Ost', which was fastened on the theater seized by armed Chechen rebels in Moscow, early Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Special forces troops took control of a Moscow theater before sunrise Saturday where hundreds of hostages were being held by Chechen rebels, killing their leader and freeing most of the captives. Russian special forces used sleeping gas to take control of the scene, state-controlled ORT television reported. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Members of the Russian police special forces shake hands, October 26, 2002, in front of the theater banner reading 'Nord-Ost', a popular musical played when Chechen 'suicide squad' stormed in two days ago and took 700 people hostage. A total of 34 Chechen rebels were killed and several others were taken captive when Russian security forces stormed a Moscow theater where 700 people had been held hostage, state security chief Nikolai Patrushev said. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti
Moscovites light candles for victims of the theater raid, during a religious service in Orthodox Pokrovsky Cathedral in Moscow, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Special forces stormed the Moscow theater where Chechen rebels were holding hundreds of hostages before dawn Saturday. More than 700 captives were liberated, Sixty-seven hostages died in the crisis along with many of the hostage takers. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)