Around 1 PM, Agunda writes, the hostage-takers announced that the Russian troops would withdraw from Chechnya and, if that information were true, they would start releasing the hostages soon:
A eso de la 1 pm, escribe Agunda, los captores anunciaron que las tropas rusas se retirarían de Chechenia y, si esa información era verdad, empezarían a liberar rehenes pronto: