Hundreds of people gathered to honor the memory of those killed in the Beslan school
The funeral ceremony at Beslan School No. 1 in memory of those killed in the terrorist attack in 2024 began with the laying of flowers.
As "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Beslan, journalist Elena Milashina published an investigation about the use of tanks during the storming of the school. Against the backdrop of her investigation, Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin met with the relatives of the victims of the terrorist attack. "Mothers of Beslan" raised the issue of the use of tanks during the storming of the school at a meeting with Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin, said the co-chair of the organization's committee, Aneta Gadieva. The cause of death of many hostages remains unknown, noted co-chair of the organization "Voice of Beslan" Emma Tagaeva.
On September 1, 2004, militants seized 1,128 hostages in the gym of School No. 1 in Beslan. The operation to free them ended on September 3, 2004. As a result of the terrorist attack, 334 people died, including 186 children, and another 810 people were injured. "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "Terrorist act in Beslan (September 1-3, 2004)" and chronicle of the terrorist act and the events that followed.
Events to mark the twenty-first anniversary of the hostage taking in Beslan began at 9:15 with the school bell. It was at this time that the terrorists drove the hostages into the gym, where they held them for three days. Hundreds of people came to the memorial complex, which is located on the site of the destroyed gym. Among them are representatives of the authorities, the public, and law enforcement agencies. Inside the hall, people light candles and lay flowers at the portraits of the victims, Sapa Kavkaz reports.
"Twenty-one years have passed, and the wound still bleeds. 334 lives were cut short within the walls of the school, including 186 children. This tragedy is not only the pain of families and loved ones, our people," the head of North Ossetia Sergei Menyailo wrote on his Telegram channel.
Today, after laying flowers, a presentation of the first stage of the exhibition will take place at the International Cultural and Patriotic Center "Beslan. School No. 1". A press conference of the "Mothers of Beslan" is also planned. In the evening, candles will be lit in memory of the victims, he reported earlier.
We have updated the applications on Android and IOS — now they work without VPN! We would appreciate criticism, ideas for development both in Google Play/App Store and on KU pages in social networks. Without installing a VPN, you can read us in Telegram (in Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia - with VPN) or use the browser Ceno to bypass blocking. Using a VPN, you can continue reading "Caucasian Knot" on the website as usual, and on social networks: Facebook*, Instagram*, "VKontakte", "Odnoklassniki" and X. You can watch the video of "Caucasian Knot" on YouTube. Send messages to WhatsApp* to the number +49 157 72317856, to Telegram - to the same number or write to the address @Caucasian_Knot.
* the activities of the Meta company (which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) are prohibited in Russia.
Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415030
![Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw](/system/uploads/article_image/image/0001/18460/main_image_Tumso.jpg "Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw")