CNN: Gunfire in Moscow theatre siege

verfasst von rodex, 23.10.2002, 21:25

-->MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Gunfire has been heard from a Moscow movie theatre where about 20 armed gunmen are reported to be holding the audience, believed to be up to 1000 people, hostage.

CNN's Ryan Chilcote said five gunshots were heard coming from the building and said the situation was chaotic.

He said that Russia's elite Alpha Group of crack security troops had been called to the scene, marking it out as a serious incident.

Interfax, one of whose reporters was in the theatre at the time, said the gunmen had allowed members of the audience to make phone calls and children to be released.

The gunmen fired shots into the air as they entered the theatre. Muslim members of the audience attending the production of"North-East" were also allowed to leave, Interfax said.

Police teams rushed to the scene but there were no initial reports of casualties.

Chilcote said it was unable to say at this stage whether the siege was connected to the conflict in the breakaway region of Chechnya. The auditorium could hold about 1000 people.

The theatre --"the Palace of Culture" formerly for workers of a ballbearing plant -- was staging a performance of the musical"Nord-Ost," one of the Russian capital's most popular productions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was immediately told of the hostage taking, Interfax reported.

Located in southeastern Moscow in a working class neighbourhood, the musical is based on Veniamin Kaverin's novel"Two Captains."

The romantic novel recounts the story of two students and their different destinies during the Soviet times.

According to the theater's Web site, more than 350,000 people have seen the production since it opened.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/23/russia.siege/index.html

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• Massen-Geiselnahme in Moskau! - rodex, 23.10.2002, 20:44
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    • CNN: Gunfire in Moscow theatre siege - rodex, 23.10.2002, 21:25
  • Flugzeug aus Moskau wird in NYC seit dem Nachmittag festgehalten. - rodex, 23.10.2002, 21:19
    • Möglicherweise war geschmuggeltes Nuklearmaterial an Bord! (owT) - rodex, 23.10.2002, 22:11
  • Re: Massen-Geiselnahme in Moskau! - rodex, 23.10.2002, 21:28
    • Re: Massen-Geiselnahme in Moskau! - rodex, 23.10.2002, 21:43
  • Auch BBC: Ãœber 1.000 Geiseln! 20-100 Geiselnehmer. (owT) - rodex, 23.10.2002, 21:32
  • Sprengsätze im Theater! - rodex, 23.10.2002, 21:50
    • Re: Sprengsätze im Theater! - rodex, 23.10.2002, 22:26
  • Re: Sieht nach tschetschenischem Selbstmordkommando aus - - kingsolomon, 23.10.2002, 22:13