People carry portraits of victims during a memorial event marking the 20th anniversary of the deadly school siege at the Gorod Angelov (City of Angels) memorial cemetery in the town of Beslan, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. On September 1, 2004, more than 30 armed terrorists took hundreds of hostages at School No. 1 in Beslan during celebrations marking the start of the school year. As a result of the three-day siege, 334 people were killed, including 186 children.
- Categories: Human Interest, Disasters & Accidents, Crime, Law & Justice
- Location: Beslan, Russia
- Event date: 03.09.2024
- Date published: 03.09.2024
- Author: Sergey Pivovarov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4954x3139px, 7.8Mb
- Job-ID: ea72fd0ccb5b88ef