Theatre hostage taking law-suit

Relatives of those who died in the bloody hostage siege four years ago at a Moscow theatre said they plan to sue officials for negligence over the bungled rescue operation.

Relatives of those who died in the bloody hostage siege four years ago at a Moscow theatre said they plan to sue officials for negligence over the bungled rescue operation.

Chechen militants seized the theatre on October 23, 2002, during the second act of the musical Nord-Ost, taking about 800 people hostage and demanding that Russian authorities end the war in Chechnya.

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