Beslan Massacre, Beslan, Russia, 2004

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Name (Hebrew)
טבח בסלן, רוסיה 2004
Name (Latin)
Beslan Massacre, Beslan, Russia, 2004
Name (Arabic)
أزمة رهائن مدرسة بسلان، 2004
Other forms of name
Beslan Hostage Tragedy, Beslan, Russia, 2004
Beslan School Hostage Crisis, Beslan, Russia, 2004
Beslan School Siege, Beslan, Russia, 2004
Beslan Siege, Beslan, Russia, 2004
School No. 1 Siege, Beslan, Russia, 2004
Coordinates
44.54091 44.54091 43.18417 43.18417 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Massacres Russia (Federation)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q193733
Library of congress: sh2007000658
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2006465856: Korpunkt v Beslane : svidetelʹstva ochevidt͡sev, zhurnalistskie rassledovanii͡a, 2005.
  • Fédération internationale des droits de l'homme, website viewed Jan. 31, 2007(Beslan Hostage Tragedy)
  • Phillips, T. Beslan : the tragedy of School No. 1, 2007:p. 7 (the siege) p. 207 (the Beslan school siege) p. 243 (the siege of School No. 1; the Beslan siege)
  • Wikipedia, Oct. 25, 2007(The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan Massacre) began when a group of armed Chechen separatists and supporters took more than 1,200 school children and adults hostage on September 1, 2004, at School Number One (SNO) in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania ... On the third day of the standoff, a chaotic gunbattle broke out between the hostage-takers and Russian security forces. Three hundred thirty-four (334) civilians were killed, including 186 children and hundreds more were wounded)