INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Relatives of the victims of the Beslan school siege gathered Sunday to pay tribute at the ruins of the school, remembering the 330 people,
to the hostages who were held in inhumane conditions.On Sept
1, 2004, militants from Chechnya stormed Beslan School No
1 in North Ossetia, demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya
Gunmen took 1,100 hostages, including children, parents and teachers who had come to the school to celebrate the start of the new academic
with the attackers refusing to back down from their demands.On the third day of the hostage crisis, a series of explosions erupted inside
the school, plunging the situation into chaos and triggering an assault by Russian special forces
It remains unknown whether the explosions were accidental detonations or triggered by the militants, who had rigged the school with
contributed to the casualties among the hostages and made other failures to protect the lives of Russian citizens.The ECHR decision, which
looked at evidence and testimonies collected by an independent investigation, also said Russian authorities had information about the
there are still questions..
Beslan for the first time in a decade on Aug
He was seen laying flowers, kneeling and crossing himself at the City of Angels memorial cemetery in honor of the victims.According to the
incursion in southwestern Russia.During the meeting with Putin, the Mothers of Beslan group expressed frustration that the investigation
into the school siege has still not been completed, Aneta Gadiyeva, co-chair of the group, told the independent outlet Agentstvo.Unlike
involved.An open letter published Sunday by Ella Kesayeva, who lost several relatives in the siege and has been an outspoken critic of the
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