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Russia seals off North Ossetia
I saw the statement. He's pissed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered security forces to seal off a southern region amid fears some Chechen hostage-takers may have escaped the storming of a siege school which killed at least 250 people. The storming of the school by Russian forces plunged the small town of Beslan into pandemonium. Troops and armed civilians advanced on the red brick building after explosions inside, as pupils, parents and teachers, many drenched in blood, were carried out on stretchers or in the arms of local men.
| A scene of utmost barbarism... |
The carnage was the latest of a series of calamities linked with savages Chechen separatists to strike Russia in the past week. "I have ordered Beslan to be sealed off, Ossetia's borders to be closed and checks to be carried out to find all people linked to the terrorist act," television showed Putin saying on a visit to the small town in the province of North Ossetia.
| I'd be in favor of summary public execution, and I don't even live there... |
The Interfax news agency quoted local health officials as saying at least 250 people were killed. Hundreds remained in hospital, 92 in serious condition. Officials said 27 hostage-takers had been killed and three taken alive. "I saw about 25 corpses in the schoolyard, which were not there yesterday," a Reuters witness said. "About 18 were in body bags lying in two rows. Six or seven were just outside a school window without body bags, all men without shirts." Some reports said some of the gunmen may have escaped.
| We can only hope that's a temporary condition... |
Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-09-04 |
