Beslan school siege
2004 terrorist attack in North Ossetia, Russian Federation
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The Beslan school siege was a 2004 terrorist attack in which armed militants took over a school in North Ossetia, Russia, resulting in a violent standoff with authorities and significant loss of life. The event highlighted the ongoing conflict in the North Caucasus region and raised international attention to terrorism and hostage crises in Russia.
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Key facts
- Date
- 1–3 September 2004 ( UTC+3 )
- Target
- School No. 1, Beslan
- Attack type
- Mass murder , mass shooting , school shooting , suicide bombing , hostage-taking , siege , shootout
- Weapons
- Assault rifles , suicide belts , improvised explosive devices
- Deaths
- 334+, (186 children)
- Injured
- 800+
- Perpetrators
- Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade
- Motive
- See Motives and demands
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Part of the First Chechen War, War of Dagestan, Second Chechen War, Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus, Islamic terrorism in Europe and Russo-Ukrainian War
The Beslan school siege, also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre, was a terrorist attack that occurred from 1 September 2004 to 3 September 2004 in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia, Russian Federation. It lasted three days, and involved the imprisonment of more than 1,100 people as hostages, including 777 children, ending with the deaths of 334 people, 186 of them children, as well as 31 of the attackers. It is considered the deadliest school shooting in history.