Beslan school hostage crisis
"The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan massacre) of early September 2004 lasted three days and involved the capture of over 1,100 people as hostages (including 777 children), ending with the death of over 380 people." - wiki
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Around 13:00 on 3 September 2004, it was agreed to allow four Ministry of Emergency Situations medical workers in two ambulances to remove 20 bodies from the school grounds, as well as to bring the corpse of the killed rebel to the school. However, at 13:03, when the paramedics approached the school, an explosion was heard from the gymnasium. The hostage-takers then opened fire on them, killing two. The other two took cover behind their vehicle.
The second, "strange-sounding", explosion was heard 22 seconds later. At 13:05 the fire on the roof of the sports hall started and soon the burning rafters and roofing fell onto the hostages below, many of them injured but still living.Eventually, the entire roof collapsed, turning the room into an inferno. The flames reportedly killed some 160 people (more than half of all hostage fatalities).John Giduck was the only one pushing that in his book, and he's been proven a fraud and liar.
You can read his book, and probably get some good knowledge, but if he lied about one thing, it's hard to say what else in his book is true or false. Google his name to find out a little more about him.
To see the real tragedy, there are several documentaries on youtube. 3 Days In September, and The Children of Beslan were two that I thought were very well done. They are both available on youtube.
Here is a blog by one of the female survivors who spoke of it, and she specifically mentions that one of the terrorists were upset that her friend's skirt was too short, and she said "At least we knew they weren't going to rape us"
I didn't know it looked like this