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| | Saturday, 26 October, 2002, 19:12 GMT 20:12 UK In pictures: Moscow theatre siege ends The siege of a Moscow theatre where Chechen rebels were holding hundreds of people hostage came to a dramatic end early on Saturday when the building was stormed by Russian special forces.  Russian special forces stormed the theatre as officials feared hostages were being killed  Dozens of hostage-takers were reported killed, while others were arrested  About 750 hostages were released after a gun battle at the theatre  For the freed hostages, it was the end of a harrowing ordeal  Russian special forces disarmed explosives inside the theatre and secured the building  Movsar Barayev, the Chechens' ringleader, was killed in the raid  His group had held hundreds of Russians and foreigners captive | |
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