A man suspected of participating in one of the largest hostage takings in southern Russia in 1995 has been arrested in Chechnya. The 47-year-old gunman, who was not identified, was detained Monday, Itar-Tass said, citing the regional Interior Ministry office. Officials say he has been wanted since the 1995 attack on Budyonnovsk, near Chechnya, where 200 heavily armed fighters took 2,000 people hostage at a hospital. In the end more than 100 civilians, police officers and soldiers were killed in gun battles. After those attempts failed, Russia negotiated the hostages’ release in exchange for the rebels’ escape.
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