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Moscow, Russia.October 28, 2002..Russian arrive at the Theater to place flowers where 850 Russian and foriegn hostages that had been held by bomb ladden Chechen seperatists demanding the Russian military leave Chechnya...After a siege of two and a half days, Russian OSNAZ raided the building after pumping a mysterious chemical agent into the building's ventilation system. All of the terrorists were killed by Russian forces, along with at least 129 of the hostages. There were conceivably more than 200 civilian deaths.

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Russian Theater Hostage Crisis

Moscow, Russia.October 28, 2002..Russian arrive at the Theater to place flowers where 850 Russian and foriegn hostages that had been held by bomb ladden Chechen seperatists demanding the Russian military leave Chechnya...After a siege of two and a half days, Russian OSNAZ raided the building after pumping a mysterious chemical agent into the building's ventilation system. All of the terrorists were killed by Russian forces, along with at least 129 of the hostages. There were conceivably more...
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Filename: russia_hostage_32.jpg
From gallery: Russia Hostage Crisis 2002
Photographer: ARCHIVE ANTHONY SUAU
Source: Anthony Suau
Date 27 Oct 2002
Location: Moscow Russia
Credit: Anthony Suau © 2002
Copyright: Anthony Suau 2002
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