A group of about 50 Chechen gunmen held hundreds of hostages in a Moscow theatre on the night of Oct. 23, threatening to kill the hostages unless Russia pulls its troops out of Chechnya.

• 10月23日晚，约50名车臣武装分子在莫斯科一家剧院劫持了几百名人质，威胁如俄罗斯不从车臣撤军，他们将杀害人质。