Moscow theater hostage crisis

When

23 Oct 2002 – 26 Oct 2002

Kind

Event

Coordinates

55.73° N, 37.67° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Moscow theater hostage crisis.

Chechen rebels take control of the Nord-Ost theatre in Moscow and hold the audience hostage. At least 170 people are killed following a Russian attempt to subdue the militants.

2002 terrorist attack and hostage crisis in Moscow

The Moscow theater hostage crisis, also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege, was the seizure of the crowded Dubrovka Theater in Moscow by Chechen terrorists on 23 October 2002, resulting in the taking of 912 hostages. The attackers, led by Movsar Barayev, claimed allegiance to the rebel breakaway movement in Chechnya. They demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya and an end to the Second Chechen War.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Moskova tiyatro rehine krizi: Çeçen ayrılıkçılar Moskova'daki Nord-Ost tiyatrosunun kontrolünü ele geçirerek, seyircileri rehin aldı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Russland”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise d'otages dans un théâtre de Moscou : 40 séparatistes tchétchènes prennent le contrôle d'un théâtre à Moscou et retiennent 850 otages”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el teatro Dubrovka de Moscú (Rusia), unos 50 terroristas chechenos secuestran a 850 rehenes civiles que durante una actuación musical (Crisis de los rehenes…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “10月26日——俄羅斯莫斯科發生莫斯科歌劇院脅持事件造成百余人死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “モスクワ劇場占拠事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page