…HOW MANY OF THE HOSTAGES DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE GAS AND HOW MANY OF OTHER CAUSES

Publication: North Caucasus Weekly Volume: 3 Issue: 37

December 17, 2002 08:00 AM Age: 22 years

If one accepts the figure of 204 for the number of deceased hostages, it would appear that 203 of them died from the effects of the gas that the Russian special services pumped into the building and only one–Denis Gribkov, born 1972–from gunshot wounds (Newsru.com, November 4). The lone gunshot victim was probably shot by accident by Russian special forces who mistook him for a terrorist–his body was originally found together with the bodies of the terrorists in the morgue.

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