>>'Elite forces' called in
Little option - soon after news broke the reports from the theatre were 20 dead and perhaps 60 taken hostage.
It would be safe to assume at that point that the hostages had 0.0% chance of release so the sanest option was eradication of the hostage takers and accept the inevitability of further deaths.
If I'd been in the hostage group I'd be wanting the SAS or their equivalent in asap rather than giving the terrorists time to dig-in/set up booby traps.
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