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Russia School Standoff Ends With 200 Dead

by Open-Publishing - Saturday 4 September 2004
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by MIKE ECKEL

The three-day hostage siege at a school in southern Russia
ended in chaos and bloodshed Friday, after witnesses said Chechen militants set
off bombs and Russian commandos stormed the building. Hostages fled in terror,
many of them children who were half-naked and covered in blood. Officials estimated
the death toll at more than 200.

Early Saturday, 531 people remained hospitalized, including 283 children - 92
of the youngsters in ``very grave’’ condition, health officials said.

Sixty-two hours after the hostage drama began during a celebration marking the first day of the school year, the Russian government said resistance had ended.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a suprise visit to the town early Saturday and ordered the borders of North Ossetia, the republic where the school is located, closed while any hostage takers still on the loose are pursued.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4472923,00.html

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  • Here is the true face of the chechen "militants". murdering masses of innocent people, even children.

    They are an islamist group, nothing more. and many of them where from arab countries, not chechen.

    • The true face remains hidden. It is not islamic, it is elitist. Nothing that is hidden will not be known.