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2022-09-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Photolog: Remember! We won't forgive! 18 years ago there was a terrorist attack in the school of Beslan
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Varvara Zakharova and Marina Zakharova
[REGNUM] On September 1, 2004, terrorists seized hostages at school No. 1 in the city of Beslan (North Ossetia) during a solemn assembly dedicated to the beginning of the school year. For three days they kept 1128 people, children, their parents and school staff in the mined building. The victims of the tragedy were 334 people, 186 of them were children.
| The writers do not say, but the terrorists belonged to Riyad-us Saliheen, which was subsequently absorbed by the Caucasus Emirate (Imrat Kavkaz — originally pledged to Al Qaeda, more recently to ISIS, whereupon a majority chose to escape the Russian hunters by moving themselves and their families to the caliphate in Syria). |
At about 9 a.m. Moscow time, the terrorists broke into the school grounds, driving everyone who did not have time to run away into the sports hall. After that, the gym was mined with at least 15 improvised explosive devices.
Two and a half hours later, the terrorists demanded that the heads of the republics of North Ossetia Alexander Dzasokhov and Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov be summoned to negotiations, as well as children's doctor Leonid Roshal.
At 12:10 pm, the militants handed over a note with the word "Wait" along with one released hostage. After 15 minutes, they entered into negotiations and handed over a cassette recording what was happening at the school.
They demanded the release of the terrorists who attacked Nazran (Ingushetia) on June 21–22, 2004, and the withdrawal of troops from Chechnya. They refused to exchange children for adults and local officials; in order to prevent the storming of the school, the militants threatened to shoot children for each killed or wounded member of the group.
Negotiations continued on September 2, at 16:37 the terrorists released a group of 26 hostages, women with children.
Explosions were heard at the school at about 13:00. At this time, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations evacuated the bodies of men killed and thrown out of the window on the first day of the tragedy. As a result of two explosions, a partial collapse of the roof occurred. The terrorists fired at the rescuers. Some children started jumping out of windows.
The special services were preparing for lengthy negotiations, explosions were not expected at that time. Both military and civilians participated in the evacuation of the hostages. There were not enough stretchers and ambulances. The situation was complicated by the fact that a fire broke out in the school.
The liquidation of the militants ended after 21:00 on September 3. More than 700 people were taken to hospitals with injuries.
Shamil Basayev, one of the leaders of the Chechen separatists, claimed responsibility for the attack. According to law enforcement agencies, Doku Umaev led the attack, he also led the attack on Nazran.
September 3 is the day of solidarity in the fight against terrorism in Russia.
A REGNUM correspondent visited the site of the tragedy, where a memorial complex is currently being built. The flow of mourners to the place where children, women, old people, and special services officers died has not dried up over the past 18 years.
The memory of them and what happened will forever be in our hearts. There is water in the sports hall (the hostages were not even allowed to drink), a lot of toys, flowers and inscriptions on the walls: “Remember! We mourn! Let's not forget! We won't forgive!"
| We here at Rantburg remember. We watched as events unfolded, praying for the innocent children and the parents and teachers who tried to protect them from the jihadis deliberately tormenting them, old and young, before the FSB special forces fixed the situation. For those interested, our coverage started on 1. September, 2004, and went forward day by day. |
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