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World Service,03 Sep 2010,10 mins

Anniversary of the Beslan school siege of 2004

Witness History

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In September 2004 Chechen fighters took control of a school in the Ossetian town of Beslan. Teachers and children were held hostage for three days. Over 300 people were killed during the siege.

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