Mystery Gas I.D.
Under pressure from relatives, doctors and diplomats, Russia’s health minister Yuri Shevchenko has finally identified the mystery gas used to end the Moscow hostage crisis, saying it?s based on a narcotic called fentanyl. It killed all but 2 of the 119 hostages who died, but Shevchenko says, “By themselves, these compounds cannot provoke a fatal outcome.” He says the mass deaths occurred because the hostages were physically weak after three days in captivity.
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