2002 Hostage taking at the performance "Nord-Ost"
15 years ago, on October 23, 2002, Chechen fighters led by Movsar Barayev seized about 800 hostages in the Moscow Theater Center on Dubrovka during the performance of the musical Nord-Ost. The terrorists demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya. On October 26, the building of the center was stormed with sleeping gas, which mainly affected the hostages. As a result of the assault, all 40 terrorists and, according to official figures, 130 hostages were killed.