The Beslan School Siege

September 1 st, 2004 was the day when a group of militant stormed into a school in Beslan, Russia and took hostage of nearly 1100 students. On 3 rd September, the Russian armed forces attacked the militants and nearly 300 people in which nearly 180 were schoolchildren were killed. The act of terrorism shocked the people in Russia and left many parents childless. The main demand of the militants was the withdrawl of Russian troops from Chechnya and independence for Chechnya(A place in Russia). The militants threatened and said, "If anyone of us is killed, we'll shoot 50 people. If anyone of us is wounded, we'll kill 20 people. If 5 of us are killed, we'll blow up everything. If the light, communication are cut off for a minute, we'll shoot 10 people." Later, the militants said there was also an alternative option: if President Putin submitted a letter of resignation, the captors would "release all the children and go back to Chechnya with others." But no-one was ready for any negotiation and finally the whole drama came to an end in brutal violence. We pay our tribute to the lost lives and pray to God that such a thought doesn't arise in anybody's mind again...