 New video pictures have been released of the Beslan school siege showing the faces of the hostage takers for the first time. It also features a negotiator talking to the terrorists as he tried to make a deal for a peaceful ending. The video comes as the families of victims continue a protest over the inquiry into the massacre. Around 100 angry parents from Beslan have blocked the motorway which passes through the town. Many have pitched tents across the road and are refusing to budge. More than 300 people taken hostage by pro-Chechen gunmen died when the siege came to a violent end.| Officially, although unofficial numbers go as high as 1800. |
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised a full inquiry into the atrocity, last September. But residents say the ongoing investigation has failed to pinpoint those at fault. They are convinced that city officials in the town, near the border with Chechnya, were bribed by the killers to let them through. A spokeswoman said: "This demonstration is a result of of the parliamentary commission coming here this week and telling the mothers of the victims nothing but lies. "Many of them were inside that school and they say with their own eyes a lot of what is being denied." |