Russian special forces hide behind a specially designed Russian army APC as they approach a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia, Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store.
Russian special forces hide while they throw a smoke grenade outside a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 14, 2005.
A relative of a released hostage reacts after she gets a call from her relative, in Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 14, 2005.
A specially designed Russian army APC gets away from a building, after breaking a wall to clear the way for special forces, in Nalchik,, Oct. 14, 2005.
The bodies of killed Islamic extremists are seen in Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 14, 2005.
A Russian special forces soldier aims a grenade launcher to throw a smoke grenade outside a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 14, 2005.
A Russian Interior Ministry soldier takes a position at the outskirts of Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
A Russian military officer, left, leads a man down the street in Nalchik, Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
Russian Interior Ministry soldiers take up a position at the outskirts of Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
Soldiers run along a street in Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
A Russian police officer, right, partly hidden, and a woman stand over the body of a man in Nalchik, Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
An overturned car in Nalchik, Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
Russian Interior Ministry soldiers take position at the outskirts of Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
938829 A Russian Interior Ministry soldier aims his machine gun as an officer uses a radio at the outskirts of Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
Smoke from burning houses rises over Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
A Russian Interior Ministry troops officer uses a mobile phone in Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
Two police officers take their wounded comrade to a police car in Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 13, 2005.
A Russian soldier takes up a position in Nalchik, Russia, as a second armed man walks past him. Militants launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings in one of the main cities in Russia's turbulent Caucasus region, Oct. 13, 2005.
Russian military make house-to-house searches in Nalchik, Oct. 13, 2005, in this image taken from television.
Firefighters' and military vehicles are parked in Nalchik, southern Russia, Oct. 13, 2005. Militants launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings in one of the main cities in Russia's turbulent Caucasus region, sparking battles involving heavy-arms fire and explosions that forced the evacuation of schools and left corpses lying in the streets. Chechen rebel forces took responsibility for the attack.