MEMORIALS
PHOTOS OF THE VICTIMS OF THE BESLAN MASSACRE
Type: Virtual Memorial
No of names: 305
Dated added: 8/15/2009
Organisation: Untagged
A memorial website with photos of the victims of the Beslan massacre. In Russian.
From Wikipedia: The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan massacre) began when a group of armed terrorists, demanding an end to the Second Chechen War, took more than 1,100 people (including some 777 children) hostage on September 1, 2004, at School Number One (SNO) in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania, an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. On the third day of the standoff, Russian security forces stormed the building using tanks, thermobaric rockets and other heavy weapons. A series of explosions shook the school, followed by a fire which engulfed the building and a chaotic gunbattle between the hostage-takers and Russian security forces. Ultimately, at least 334 hostages were killed, including 186 children. Hundreds more were wounded or reported missing.
POSTED BY JON ON 8/15/2009
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