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UPDATED: 17:29, September 01, 2004 |
| Gunmen seize Russian school, taking 400 hostages |
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A television grab shows a soldier helping a girl away from the scene at a school in the town of Beslan in the province of North Ossetia near Chechnya, September 1, 2004. Armed attackers, who seized a school in southern Russia on Wednesday, are holding up to 400 hostages including 200 schoolchildren, an official spokeswoman said. [AP Photo]
A television grab shows soldiers at the scene of a hostage taking at a school in the town of Beslan in the province of North Ossetia near Chechnya, September 1, 2004. Attackers, who have seized up to 400 children and adults at a school in the Russian province of North Ossetia on Wednesday, demanded that the neighbouring region of Ingushetia free jailed rebels, Itar-Tass news agency quoted officials as saying. [Reuters]
A television grab shows soldiers at the scene of a hostage taking at a school in the town of Beslan in the province of North Ossetia near Chechnya, September 1, 2004. Attackers, who have seized up to 400 children and adults at a school in the Russian province of North Ossetia on Wednesday, demanded that the neighbouring region of Ingushetia free jailed rebels, Itar-Tass news agency quoted officials as saying. [Reuters]
Policemen stop a woman trying to cross the police line in front of the Chechen representative office in central Moscow, September 1, 2004. The 24-store building, which also houses various Russia's Federation Council offices, was evacuated after an anonymous phone call informing that there is a bomb installed in the building. [Reuters]
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