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On September 1, 2004, Chechen militants stormed an elementary school in the town of Beslan in the Russian republic of North Ossetia. They took 1,100 teachers, children, and their relatives hostage, demanding the withdrawal of federal forces from Chechnya as a condition for their release. On September 3, 2004, Russian security forces stormed the building, resulting in a battle in which more than 330 hostages died, including 186 children. Here: Women weep at the local school building, captured by the terrorists, Beslan, North Ossetia, Wednesday 01 September 2004. (Photo by Ramazan Lagkuyev/EPA/Severnaya Ossetia)
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