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The Beslan school siege, also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre,[2][3][4] was a terrorist attack that occurred from 1 September 2004 to 3 September 2004. It lasted three days, and involved the imprisonment of more than 1,100 people as hostages, including 777 children,[5] ending with the deaths of 334 people, 186 of them children,[6] as well as 31 of the attackers.[1] It is considered the deadliest school shooting in history.[7] The crisis began when a group of armed terrorists occupied School Number One (SNO) in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia (an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia), on 1 September 2004. The hostage-takers were members of the Riyad-us Saliheen, sent by the Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who demanded Russia withdraw from and recognize the independence of Chechnya. On the third day of the standoff, Russian security forces stormed the building. The event had security and political repercussions in Russia, lea

Beslan school siege - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 43°11′3″N 44°32′27″E / 43.18417°N 44.54083°E / 43.18417; 44.54083 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2004 Russian hostage crisis and massacre (186 children)<ref name=\"last_casualty\">{{cite news|date= 8 December 2006|url= http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/12/08/woman_injured_in_2004_russian_siege_dies/|title= Woman injured in 2004 Russian siege dies|work=The Boston Globe|access-date= 9 January 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071017001115/http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/12

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