Chronicle of the tragedy: what happened in Beslan in September 2004
29 November
On September 1, 2004, School # 1 in Beslan was marking the beginning of the new academic year. Terrorists, demanding an end of the Chechen War, captured the school and took 1127 hostages. The Beslan Siege is a Russian Federation tragedy. Find out more in this chronicle, which covers the terrorist attack from the beginning to the release of the hostages by Russian special forces.
