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criticize the rescue operation,
making clear the Bush adminis
tration’s view that blame for the
deaths lay with the captors.
“The Russian government and
the Russian people are victims of
this tragedy, and the tragedy was
caused as a result of the terrorists
who took hostages and booby
trapped the building and created
dire circumstances,” spokesman
Ari Fleischer said Sunday.
The approximately 800 hostages
were taken Wednesday night
when an estimated 50 Chechen
rebels stormed the theater during
a popular musical. They demand
ed that Russia end its war in
Chechnya.
The few dozen hostages who
were well enough to be released
Sunday could provide few clues as
to the nature of the gas.
“We knew something serious
was going to happen” when the
gas started seeping into the hot au
ditorium that reeked of excre
ment, Mark Podlesny said as he
walked out of Veterans Hospital
No. 1 near the theater.
“I lost consciousness. Yes, there
was a strange smell,” said Roma
Shmakov, a 12-year-old actor in
“Nord-Ost,” the musical in progress
when the gunmen burst in.
Outside hospitals where the
hostages were taken for treat
ment, friends and family crowded
the gates in futile efforts to learn if
loved ones were inside.
Authorities gave out little infor
mation on identities, conditions
or where victims had been taken.
Even diplomats had trouble find
ing information about the estimat
ed 70 foreign citizens who were
among the captives. U.S. consular
officials searched the city’s hospi
tals for one of the two Americans
known to have been in the theater.
A second American was found re
cuperating in a city clinic. At least
two other foreigners — one Dutch
'and one Austrian—died.
Only on Sunday afternoon,
more than 24 hours after the
hostages were freed, did hospitals
post lists of patients. Visitors were
still prohibited. Some people out
side the gates saw their relatives
waving from windows.
“They are hostages again,” one
visitor shouted to the armed
guards at Hospital 13, where about
half the captives were taken.
Most who left the hospitals
hugged those meeting them, then
hurried to get out of the chilling
rain and avoid reporters and TV
cameras.
Podlesny questioned Russian
television footage that showed the
captors’ corpses in the theater
amid liquor bottles and syringes.
“They didn’t drink, didn’t smoke,
didn’t swear. They were very dis
ciplined,” he sSid.
Podlesny and Georgy Vasilyev,
producer of “Nord-Ost”, disputed
Russian officials’ statement that
the guerrillas had begun shooting
hostages before dawn and prompt
ing the special forces’ assault.
A total of 118 hostages where
known to have died after the
Chechens stormed the theater -116
from the effects of the gas, one young
woman shot early in the standoff
and one hostage shot Saturday
morning shortly before the raid.
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driving recklessly in the middle
class neighborhood.
“A man got onto him for driv
ing erratically because he said
he almost hit some kids,” Koch
said.
Fears was to be arraigned
Monday on two charges of first
degree murder, said Sequoyah
County District Attorney Diane
Barker-Harrold. She said prose
cutors hadn’t decided if they will
seek the death penalty.
Some people in Sallisaw won
dered if Fears was mimicking
the sniper attacks in the
Washington area.
“I think it’s a copycat thing,”
said Camellia Conley, an em
ployee at a Sallisaw hotel. “He’s
been a rebel without a cause. He
was always a loner.”
Koch said such speculation
was premature. “It’s way too ear
ly to say it’s a copycat,” Koch
said.
Fears was described as a po
lite student who worked part
time at a Wal-Mart store and
lived with his mother in
Sallisaw, a town of about 8,000
people near the Oklahoma
Arkansas state line.
On Saturday, after neighbor
Greg Caughman complained to
Fears about his driving, Fears
broke into his father’s house and
stole a shotgun, Koch said.
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ty, and we can move quickly,” he
said. The Virginia charges be
ing filed Monday will cover two
woundings and at least two of the
three killings committed there.
William Neely, the prosecutor
in Spotsylvania County, Va., said
he will seek the death penalty for
Muhammad. Malvo also could
face death under state law, but
Neely said his sentence would de
pend on his role in the shootings.
There is no death penalty in the
District of Columbia, where one
person was killed.
Kilgore said that he had spoken
with White House and Justice
Department officials and that the
federal government has been co
operative with Virginia. He said
that means “no federal charges at
least until we’ve filed our indict
ment and get our process going
here in Virginia.”
Virginia and Maryland au
thorities have not had the same
working relationship, he said.
“We haven’t been able to share a
lot of information and receive a lot
of information from the Maryland
side,” he said. “It’s just not as
much cooperation is going on as I
believe ought to be going on.”
Also Sunday, a man being held
in Michigan as a witness in the case
agreed to be moved to Maryland for
questioning. Nathaniel 0.
Osbourne, 26, co-owner of the
Chevrolet Caprice used by the
sniper suspects, has been cooper
ating with investigators since his
arrest Saturday. Officials say he is
not a suspect in the attacks.
James Wyda, a court-appointed
lawyer for Muhammad, said Sunday
his client was not cooperating with
investigators. Malvo’s attorney
could not be reached Sunday.
Gansler said on NBC’s “Meet th.
Press” that his office believes both
men fired shots during the spree.
Authorities said Sunday they
believe everyone involved in the
shootings that terrorized the
Washington suburbs for three
weeks has been caught. “We are
confident the sniper shootings
have ended,” Gansler said on
NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
The relief was evident during
a Rockville church service near
where two victims were killed.
Monsignor Thomas Kane told
parishioners at St. Patrick’s
Church that the shootings had
showed them “evil at its worst,”
but that they saw “goodness at its
best” from law enforcement.
“We were terrorized together and
now we rejoice together,” Kane said
POLICE REPORT
Each number on
the map stands
for a crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6a.m.-6 p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6p.m.-6a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department.
Compiled by Emma Ritch.
Saturday, Oct. 19
O LARCENY OF FENCE, 615
SUMTER ST. Facility Services
said Christopher Stokes took a
section offence. Stokes said he
and some of his Sigma Chi
fraternity brothers took part of
the fence and dumped it at
Flora and East Broadway
streets. The fence, however,
was not found at that location.
Police sent a notice of policy
violation to Student Affairs and
told Stokes he had to pay for the
fence. Estimated value: $950.
Reporting officers: J.M.
Simmons, J.D. Rosier.
Wednesday, Oct. 23
O ILLEGAL USE OF
TELEPHONE, PATTERSON HALL,
1520 DEVINE ST. The victim
said someone called her and
harassed her. Reporting
officers: J.M. Simmons, J.D.
Rosier.
(D GRAND LARCENY OF MOTOR
VEHICLE, RECOVERY, BATES
HOUSE PARKING LOT, 1405
WHALEY ST. Nicholas Adam
Tate said someone broke out
the triangular wing window of
the driver’s-side door and took
the vehicle. Tate said the
Richland County Sheriffs
Department recovered the
vehicle at the Columbia Mall
on Two Notch Road. Tate said
his Pioneer CD player was
taken from the vehicle and that
the steering column and the
area around the CD player
were damaged. Estimated
value of the CD player: $200.
Reporting officer: J.D.
Patterson.
Thursday, Oct. 24
® ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE, F-5
LOT, 1710 COLLEGE ST. A tree
limb fell and hit the right rear
comer of the trunk of Barbara
C. McCutcheon’s car. The
police were not able to contact
McCutcheon. Reporting
officers: Baker and B. Timbers.
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