Russia mourns gassed victims

Russia today began the new week with an official day of mourning for at least 118 people killed in the Moscow hostage crisis.

Russia today began the new week with an official day of mourning for at least 118 people killed in the Moscow hostage crisis.

All but two of the victims died from a noxious gas used by special forces to knock out the Chechen rebels before they stormed into the theatre.

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