The attack ranks third in post-[[Soviet]] tragedies in terms of number of victims after the [[Beslan attack]] and Moscow apartment bombings of 1999, even surpassing the Moscow Theater attack of 2002 casualties. | The attack ranks third in post-[[Soviet]] tragedies in terms of number of victims after the [[Beslan attack]] and Moscow apartment bombings of 1999, even surpassing the Moscow Theater attack of 2002 casualties. |