The attack

on the Moscow theater hostage crisis, carried out by Chechen commando led Mowsara Barajewa, was on 23 October 2002 in Moscow. At the time of the attack in a theater, there wer e 922 people. The building was retaken October 26 by the Russian special forces Alpha and Wympieł . During the storm killed all of the 40 terrorists. As a result of the use by special forces and fatal gas anesthesia to organize the rescue and killed about 300 (130 officially) hostage.