Beslan school siege of 2004

The Beslan school siege of 2004 began when a group of Chechnyan Muslim separatist terrorists took over 1200 pupils and their teachers hostage in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia, on September 1, 2004. The people of Beslan are Christian and this is why they were targetted. The terrorists began by executing male teachers, female teachers were raped, tortured and taunted for being Christian. Pupils both female and male were forced to strip to their underwear, many of the children were raped by fanatical jihadists.

On September 4, possibly accidentally, a battle erupted between Russian forces and the terrorists. More than 330 civilians died, including 186 children. The Chechen terrorist Shamil Basayev, who was trained in Afghanistan by the Taliban and Pakistani I.S.I. claimed responsibility for the attack, which ranks as one of the worst terrorist outrages in history. Basayev was later killed by Russian forces.