MOSCOW, January 25 (RAPSI, Diana Gutsul) – The Moscow District Military Court has scheduled for February 19 the hearing of a case against Khasan Zakayev, the alleged mastermind of the hostage seizure at the Dubrovka theater in southeast Moscow in 2002 that left 130 dead, victims’ lawyer Igor Trunov told RAPSI on Monday.

Zakayev’s detention was earlier extended until March 18.

A group of terrorists led by Movsar Barayev took hostage the audience and participants of the Nord-Ost musical on October 23, 2002.

40 attackers were killed. Zakayev is the only one who was arrested, Trunov said earlier.

The majority of hostages were released in an operation planned by Russian security services.

Chechen separatist leader Shamil Basayev who was reportedly killed in 2006 and Gerikhan Dudayev who is still at large are among the organizers of the attack, according to investigators.