Theatre Honours Moscow Hostage Victims

World | November 10, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Singers and actors from the Russian musical Nord-Ost have performed for the first time since Chechen gunmen burst into their theatre, taking the cast and audience hostage and leaving over 160 people dead. Tears and applause greeted the actors as they came on stage for the memorial performance on Saturday evening. Alexander Tsekalo, the musical's producer, told the packed audience: "We want to show with today's performance that we've been hurt but we are still alive. Nord-Ost might be wounded and limping but it survived and it will go on." On 23 October, more than 40 armed Chechen guerrillas seized the theatre mid-performance, threatening kill everyone inside if their demand to end the Russian military occupation in Chechnya was not met. Russian forces surrounded the theatre in a three-day siege that ended when they pumped nerve gas into the theatre and stormed the building, killing all 40 of the guerrillas but also leaving 120 hostages dead.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

World » Be a reporter: Write and send your article

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria