Movsar Barayev | |
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Мовсар Бухарович Бараев | |
Born | |
Died | 26 October 2002 | (aged 23)
Nationality | Chechen |
Other names | Movsar Suleimanov |
Known for | Moscow hostage crisis |
Movsar Buharovich Barayev (Suleimanov) (Russian: Мовсар Бухарович Бараев; 26 October 1979 – 26 October 2002), earlier known as Suleimanov, was a Chechen Islamist militia leader during the Second Chechen War, who led the seizure of a Moscow theater that led to the deaths of over 170 people by Russian special forces.