Three more children, seriously injured in the Beslan hostage crisis in North Ossetia, died in hospital on September 4 night, raising the death toll of the terrorist attack to 333, Interfax reported on September 5.

The death toll was officially confirmed on Sunday by head of the North Ossetian president's information and analysis department,Lev Dzugayev.

Two-year-old Georgy Daurov and eight-year-old Diana Kokoyeva died of serious wounds sustaining from mine explosions, and Stella Valigazova, 12, died of multiple skull injuries, the news agency cited a source in the North Ossetian Health Ministry as saying.

Twelve children remain in the resuscitation department at the central children's hospital in Vladikavkaz. Six of them will be taken to Moscow on Sunday.

Some 30 heavily armed militants seized a school in Beslan in Russia's southern republic of North Ossetia on Wednesday, holding some 1,000 children and adults hostage for over 51 hours.

On Friday afternoon, children began to flee the school after two explosions. Then a gunbattle between security forces and captors erupted as the gunmen opened fire on escaping children.

Reports said more than 700 people were wounded during the rescue operation.

Source: Xinhua