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| 105 people murdered in Beslan attack remain unidentified |
| 2004-09-07 |
| The bodies of 105 victims of the Beslan hostage situation remain unidentified. "By 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, out of 323 victims [who were delivered to the North Ossetian forensic and criminology office] 105 bodies remain unidentified," head of the North Ossetian president's information and analysis department Lev Dzugayev told Interfax. "In total, 220 bodies were given to relatives, of them, 102 are children's bodies, 42 body fragments are still being studied," Dzugayev said. He also said that 318 people are currently being treated in North Ossetian hospitals, including 191 children. One hundred and sixty funerals took place in Beslan over the last several days, 35 of them took place today, Dzugayev said. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #4 It's okay, Shipman. My wife actually once voted for Bill Clinton -- but only once. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-09-07 9:33:31 PM |
| #3 Not too US many social worker trauma experts speak Russian. My wife is one of them and she thinks it's too late. (Yes my wife is a neo-commie) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-07 5:43:54 PM |
| #2 Now, if the EU really wants to help, they should send over some free body-ID forensic experts, discreetly. Not to do something the Russians can't do eventually, but to help them do it faster. Same with the US. Child psychologists and social worker trauma experts would also prolly be able to give some very timely pointers. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-09-07 4:51:11 PM |
| #1 The MO of Islamic terrorists frequently results in an ambiguous number of deaths because people are blown up. In this case, it is possible (maybe likely) that people were intentionally disfigured. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-09-07 4:42:42 PM |