Moscow theater hostage crisis
The Moscow theater hostage crisis (also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege) was a terrorist attack of the Dubrovka Theater by Chechen terrorists on 23 October 2002. According to the attackers, they belonged to Islamist separatist movement in Chechnya.[1]
| 2002 Nord-Ost siege | |
|---|---|
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°43′34″N 37°40′24″E / 55.72611°N 37.67333°ECoordinates: 55°43′34″N 37°40′24″E / 55.72611°N 37.67333°E |
| Date | 23 October 2002 |
| Attack type | Mass hostage taking |
| Deaths | 171 (including all 40 insurgents) |
| Injured | Over 700 |
| Perpetrator(s) | SPIR Movsar Barayev (leader) † Abu Bakar (deputy leader) † Shamil Basayev (claimed responsibility for organization) |
Shamil Basaev took the responsibility for the terrorist attack
Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis Media
President Vladimir Putin visiting the Sklifosovsky Emergency Medicine Institute to meet with hostages rescued from the theater in Dubrovka.
References
- ↑ "Modest Silin, Hostage, Nord-Ost siege, 2002". Russia Today. 27 October 2007. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.