For many Russians, the massacre at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday night brought to mind shootings and bombings across the country in recent decades, events that the authorities often described as terrorism.
In October 2002, dozens of Chechen gunmen seized a crowded Moscow theater, taking more than 750 people hostage. The siege lasted for days, until Russian special forces filled the theater with a debilitating gas to incapacitate the gunmen.
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