105 people murdered in Beslan attack remain unidentified
The bodies of 105 victims of the Beslan hostage situation remain unidentified. "By 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, out of 323 victims [who were delivered to the North Ossetian forensic and criminology office] 105 bodies remain unidentified," head of the North Ossetian president's information and analysis department Lev Dzugayev told Interfax. "In total, 220 bodies were given to relatives, of them, 102 are children's bodies, 42 body fragments are still being studied," Dzugayev said. He also said that 318 people are currently being treated in North Ossetian hospitals, including 191 children. One hundred and sixty funerals took place in Beslan over the last several days, 35 of them took place today, Dzugayev said.
Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-09-07 |