European Court Of Human Rights: Russia Failed To Protect Beslan Victims

The Guardian: Russia could have done more to prevent Beslan school siege, court finds

European court of human rights says security at school was not increased despite prior warning of attack

Russian authorities failed to take sufficient steps to stop the 2004 Beslan school siege in North Ossetia in which more than 330 people were killed, the European court of human rights has ruled.

The court said Russian authorities had received information that a terror attack was being planned and security at the school was not increased sufficiently.

Chechen militants stormed the school on 1 September 2004, beginning a three-day hostage crisis involving more than 1,100 hostages. The death toll included 184 children.

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WNU Editor: This was regarded at the time as Russia's 9/11 .... and what made it more horrible was that the majority of the victims were young school children. Did a special trip to visit the site a few years after the massacre .... words cannot describe the emotions that one goes through when one walks through the school. As for the ECHR's report .... yes .... Russia botched the rescue mission .... but I understand why .... the authorities were not prepared because no one in his or her right mind would believe that a group of armed men would seize a school and massacre its children. Today .... that innocence and naive thinking is gone.

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