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European court rules against Russia over 2004 school siege
2017-04-14
File under egregious fiddling while Rome burns.
[Ynet] Russia said Thursday it would appeal a European Court of Human Rights ruling that Moscow failed to adequately protect victims of a 2004 school siege in the city of Beslan that left more than 300 people dead.

The La Belle France-based court said authorities did not take necessary preventive measures to save lives. It said the security forces' use of tank cannon, grenade launchers and flame-throwers contributed to casualties among the hostages. It also noted failures to increase security before the attack despite imminent threats against schools in the area.

Armed radical Islamic assailants seized the school on the first day of class, prompting a long standoff that ended in kabooms and gunfire two days later.

The court ordered that Russia pay nearly 3 million euros ($3.2 million) in total compensation to the 409 Russians who brought the case to the ECHR; they include people who were taken hostage, or injured or are relatives of the hostages or those killed and injured.
September 1-3, 2004. Check the archives for the details and discussions as events unfolded, dear Reader. We also had a retrospective article here.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  Given that the Russian language consists entirely of curse words, I was expecting something a bit more... colorful.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-04-14 21:33  

#6  Thank you, Seeking Cure. Rantburg is where I come to find out what I didn't know -- someone always has the answer. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-04-14 18:07  

#5  What's Russian for "Bite me!"?

укуси меня

English pronunciation: ukusi menya

Above courtesy of Google Translate.

You're welcome!
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-04-14 15:40  

#4  IIRC the gas use was pretty FUBAR'd but as AOS sez, it was gonna end badly whatever they did...
Posted by: Frank G   2017-04-14 10:58  

#3  So glad we in the UK have left the EUSSR and can kick this "court" into touch.

Wonder when they'll get onto the gimmigrant invasion forces.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-04-14 10:09  

#2  Cause the Euros did it so well at the Munich Olympics. Pot, kettle.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-04-14 09:49  

#1  What's Russian for "Bite me!"?

Beslan was doomed to a bad outcome from the moment it started. These were jihadis intent on massacre, not petty criminals you might negotiate with.

Yeah, there is an argument the Russians could have done more before hand, but it would mean going all Genghis Khan in the 'stans, which would have the ECHR bugwits in a tizzy over that.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-04-14 00:20  

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