October 24, 2002 09:02 AM ET
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Chechen rebels who seized a theater in Moscow have vowed to release no more of the hundreds of hostages they are holding, a Russian negotiator was quoted as saying on Thursday.
"When I asked them to free others, they said they had already let the three smallest ones go and would release no one else," Iosif Kobzon, a member of parliament and popular entertainer told Interfax news agency.
The rebels released about 150 hostages soon after taking over the theater on Wednesday evening and freed a handful more on Thursday morning.