What is the hostage incident in Beslan, Russia?

Records of the main process of the hostage incident in North Ossetia, Russia

The hostage incident at Beslan No.1 Middle School in North Ossetia, Russia, which lasted for more than two days and nights, basically ended on the evening of the 3rd Moscow time. The main process of this incident is as follows:

September 1 day (Moscow time)

At 10, a group of unidentified armed terrorists attacked and occupied North Ossetia No.1 Middle School, taking about 1200 teachers, students and parents who attended the opening ceremony as hostages. The terrorists exchanged fire with the police during the attack.

At 1 1 30, the terrorists made the following demands by throwing a note: Russia will withdraw its troops from Chechnya and release the terrorists arrested for attacking Ingushetia in June this year. They also asked the presidents of North Ossetia, Dzasokhov and Ingushetia, Zyazikov and pediatrician Roshal to arrive in Beslan.

At 12, the hostage resolution headquarters headed by Dzasokhov got in touch with the terrorists.

12: 15: About 50 children managed to escape from school.

13, Russian President Vladimir Putin returned to Moscow from the Russian Black Sea coastal city of Sochi, and immediately held a meeting at the airport attended by leaders of powerful Russian departments.

13: 50: First attempt to contact terrorists. Mufti varga Toff of North Ossetia and Attorney General Batagov were prepared to enter the school, but they were rejected by terrorists.

15: 30: The terrorists released 15 children.

15: 45: Terrorists threatened to kill 50 children if one armed man was killed; If one person is injured, 20 children will be killed as revenge.

18: 50: Russia urgently calls for a meeting of the UN Security Council on the recent terrorist incidents.

22: 50: The hostage rescue operation headquarters opened a "hotline" phone for the relatives of the hostages.

September 2(nd)

In the morning 1 p.m. 15: Dr. Rosa telephoned the terrorists.

At 0300 hours, the terrorists interrupted the telephone negotiation.

At 0500 hours, the UN Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist hostage-taking in North Ossetia.

10: 30: The Russian Presidential Information Bureau announced that Putin had postponed his official visit to Turkey scheduled for September 2-3.

12: 00: Negotiators resume "technical contact" with terrorists through mobile phones.

13: 50: When meeting with visiting King Abdullah II of Jordan, Putin said that the most important task at present is to save the lives of hostages.

14, officials of the Russian Federal Security Service in North Ossetia said that they would not use force to rescue the hostages.

16: 40: The terrorists released 26 women and children through the mediation of former Ingushetia President Aushev.

September third.

2 a.m.: The telephone contact between negotiators and terrorists is interrupted again. Militants fired several rockets and a policeman was injured.

At 0800 hours, negotiators resumed contact with terrorists.

1 1, the operational command announced that it would strengthen its contact with terrorists in order to provide food and drinking water for the hostages.

12: 45: the operation command and terrorists agreed to transport the bodies of hostages killed when bandits occupied the school out of the school.

13: 05: emergency department personnel enter the school to transport the body. At this time, several explosions occurred, some hostages began to flee, and terrorists immediately shot at the fleeing people.

13: 15: Special forces rushed into the school to rescue the hostages.

13: 50: Some terrorists fled the school and the Russian military and police began to exchange fire with them.

16, the Russian army almost completely controlled the school, but it was still met with sporadic resistance.

17: 00: More than 100 bodies were found in the school gymnasium.

17: 40: The official of the Russian Federal Security Service in North Ossetia said that the military did not consider using force to solve the hostage incident, and the special forces began to act after the terrorists shot at the crowd.

19: 30: according to the statistics of the operation command, 20 terrorists were eliminated in the operation, including mercenaries from Arab countries.

19: 50: Russian presidential adviser Asla Khanov revealed that 150 hostages were killed.

fourth

Early morning: Putin flew to Beslan to visit the wounded and returned to Moscow that morning.

According to the latest statistics released by Russian media on the morning of 4th, in this hostage incident, 27 terrorists were killed and 3 were captured alive. At least 250 people were killed among the hostages. At present, the bodies of 150 victims have been transported out of the school, and 704 people have been injured, of which 259 are children. 10 More than Russian special forces were killed and 18 people were injured. (Reporter Zhang Jinhai)

Xinhuanet September 4, 2004