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4 arrested in Beslan back-up plot (Ingush school targeted)
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of planning to seize a school in Ingushetia if the Sept. 1, 2004, attack in Beslan had failed, Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Shepel said Saturday.Shepel said the four suspects would be tried for involvement in a plot to seize the school in the Ingush village of Nesterovskaya. He did not give their identities or say when the arrests took place. "They are giving evidence, including on the organization of the terrorist act in Beslan," Shepel said, Interfax reported. He said Chechen rebel warlord Shamil Basayev had prepared a reserve plan to seize hostages in Nesterovskaya in case the Beslan raid did not succeed. On Friday, Shepel said police and security forces had killed an accomplice to the Beslan militants, Interfax reported. The Ingush Interior Ministry said it had no such information. Alikhan Mirzoyev was killed Friday in a private home after resisting arrest, the ministry said. Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-09-05 |
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