
Beslan School Massacre: Russia 'Failed' Hostages
The European Court of Human Rights rules that Russia used disproportionate force to end the 2004 Beslan school siege when over 300 people, including 186 children, were killed
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia used disproportionate force to end the 2004 Beslan school siege. More than 300 people, 186 of them children, died after Russian forces ousted Chechen militants who had stormed the school. Russia described the ruling as 'utterly unacceptable' and said it will appeal.
Also in the programme: Countdown to Turkish referendum and the legal trade in ivory from mammoth tusks.
(Photo: People gather in Beslan School to commemorate victims of the 2004 massacre. Credit: TASS via Getty Images)
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