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Kolokol-1In 2002, Chechen terrorists took a large number of hostages in the Moscow theatre siege, and threatened to blow up the entire theatre in any attempt was made to break the siege. A chemical incapacitating agent was used to disable the terrorists whilst the theatre was stormed by special forces. At the time, the gas was reported to be an unknown incapacitating agent called Kolokol-1. However, the incapacitating agent, unknown at that time, caused many of the hostages to die. The situation was not helped by the fact that the authorities kept the nature of the incapacitating agent secret from doctors trying to treat its victims. The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko later stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative.
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