BUDENNOVSK, Russia, June 14 (UPI) -- The town of Budennovsk in Russia Tuesday observed the 10th anniversary of the deadly raid by Chechen fighters led by Shamil Basaev. During the raid, Basaev and his men held about 1,800 people hostage for six days. The incident ended with the deaths of 147 people and the wounding of more than 400 people.The 10th anniversary was marked by a prayer service and a demonstration by young people in the center of town under the slogan, "We remember," Radio Free Europe reported.
Basaev continues to play a leading role in the fighting in Chechnya and has claimed responsibility for such major terrorist incidents as the 2002 hostage taking at a Moscow theater and the 2004 hostage taking at a school in the North Ossetian town of Beslan, the report said.
| Still killing, after all these years |
| Yeah, that worked out well. |