An armed soldier surveys the area after special forces stormed a school seized by Chechen separatists on September 3, 2004 in the town of Beslan,...
Soldier covers the roof as volunteers survey the area after special forces stormed a school seized by Chechen separatists on September 3, 2004 in the...
Fireman investigates a gym during the rescue operation at Beslan school, North Ossetia, 03 September 2004. Some 646 local residents and former...
Volunteer carries an injured child after special forces stormed a school seized by Chechen separatists on September 3, 2004 in the town of Beslan,...
Russian soldier feels the strain of crisis during a siege around the school where some 350 hostages, most of them women and children, are being held...
Soldiers and security forces are seen in front of the burning school during the rescue operation in Beslan, nortern Ossetia, 03 September 2004....
Soldier takes cover as special forces storm a school seized by Chechen separatists on September 3, 2004 in the town of Beslan, Russia. Russian...
Armed soldiers cover the area as special forces stormed a school seized by Chechen separatists on September 3, 2004 in the town of Beslan, Russia....
Man carries a boy, hostage as a soldier and volunteer stand behind a school fence during the rescure operation in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia....
Svetlana Khoutsistova holds up a portrait of her son, Azamat, aged 26, who died in the Beslan school siege at Vladikavkaz cemetery, surrounded by...
Families cry for victims of the Beslan school siege as they bury their loved ones at Vladikavkaz cemetery. 318 civilians, including 186 children,...
Svetlana Khoutsistova, surrounded by mourners, cries over the coffin of her son, Azamat, aged 26, who died in the Beslan school siege at Vladikavkaz...
Local inhabitants leave flowers and bottles of water and soda in memory of the Beslan school siege victims in what remains of the charred gymnasium....
Beslan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A picture made 31 August 2005 shows portraits on the wall of school of some of the victimes of the Beslan crisis that...
File picture taken 18 October 1999 shows Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who claimed responsibility for the deadly school hostage taking in the...
Relatives of released hostages who were rushed to hospital after Russian troops stormed a school besieged by Chechen separatists search for names on...
Volunteer carries an injured girl after special forces stormed a school seized by Chechen separatists on September 3, 2004 in the town of Beslan,...
Russian special police soldier carries an injured colleague as two soldiers and two women take cover behind the APC during the rescue operation of...
Two girls hug while they stand in the destroyed school gym in Beslan, North Ossetia, 05 September 2004. The first funerals for the hundreds killed in...
Woman cries in the ruins of the school gymnasium in Beslan, North Ossetia, 05 September 2004. The first funerals for the hundreds killed in the...
Man throws a pack of cigarettes to Russian soldiers sitting on top of an armored vehicle on their way to South Ossetia on August 10 not far from...
Russian women cry during the funeral of sisters Irina and Alina Tetova September 5, 2004 in Beslan, Russia. The girls were killed after Chechen...
Ossetian girls cry as they walk in school No.1 in Beslan, 13 October 2004. This week marks the end of the traditional 40 day mourning period since...
Ossetians mourn at the destroyed school's gymnasium in Beslan 12 October 2004. This week marks the end of the traditional 40 day mourning period...
Flowers sit at School No. 1 to form a memorial to the terror victims September 8, 2004 in Beslan, southern Russia. Approximately 355 children and...
Portraits and lists of missing and dead children line the glass wall of the Palace of Culture September 8, 2004 in Beslan, southern Russia....
Relatives of those killed in the Beslan school massacre bury the dead for the third day September 7, 2004 in Beslan, Russia. The carnage began amid a...
Shoes lay lined up on the ground of a school September 6, 2004 in Beslan, southern Russia. More than 350 people died after Chechen militant...
Family and friends of those killed in the school hostage crisis cry during a mass funeral in the rain September 6, 2004 in Beslan, southern Russia....
Family and friends of those killed in the school hostage crisis cry during a mass funeral in the rain September 6, 2004 in Beslan, southern Russia....
Extensive damage is seen in the ruins of the destroyed school, where more than 350 people were killed during a hostage situation on September 5, 2004...
Friends and relatives left flowers at the ruins of the destroyed school, where more than 350 people were killed during a hostage situation on...
Russian troops run past sniper fire near a school September 3, 2004 in Beslan, Russia. More than 200 people were reportedly killed and at least 700...
Volunteers carry an injured victim after special forces stormed a school seized by Chechen separatists on September 3, 2004 in the town of Beslan,...
Russian special forces soldier aims at a position outside the school, where a group of gunmen, wearing belts laden with explosives, are holding...
Classmates of Derassa Bazrova cry near her coffin 05 September 2004 in Beslan, North Ossetia. The first funerals for the hundreds killed in the...
An Ossetian civilian carries a boy during the rescue operation at Beslan school, North Ossetia, 03 September 2004. Some 646 local residents and...
Man carries an injured schoolboy as another runs during the rescure operation in Beslan, northern Ossetia, 03 September 2004. One hundred and...
An Ossetian woman cries at the destroyed school's gymnasium in Beslan 12 October 2004. This week marks the end of the traditional 40 day mourning...
Mother hugs her son in front of soldiers cordoning off the school building in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia, 04 September 2004, after Russian...
This TV grab image taken from Russian NTV channel 07 September 2004 shows Georgy Farniyev sitting among other hostages in the gymnasium of the Beslan...
Volunteers hold stretchers during the rescue operation of Beslan's school, northern Ossetia, 03 September 2004. Dozens of corpses of dead hostages...
Volunteers carry an injured girl on a stretcher during the rescue operation of Beslan's school, northern Ossetia, 03 September 2004. Dozens of...
Ossetian women, relatives of hostages cry during the rescue operation at Beslan's school, North Ossetia, 03 September 2004. Some 646 local residents...
An Ossetian militiaman aims from a boarding school, at the opposite school, where a group of gunmen, wearing belts laden with explosives, are holding...
Ossetian volunteers carry a stretcher with injured boy in the school garden during the attack operation in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia, 03...
Students attend the commemoration ceremony of victims of Beslan school hostage crisis; which ended with 334 people killed, including 186 children,...
Little girl stands in a sport hall of destroyed school in Beslan, 31 August 2005. Russians will commemorate victims of the act of terror in the...
Woman holds white balloons as she takes part in a rally on September 3 in Moscow, to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the 2004 hostage-taking at...
Employees of the "Fayur-Soyuz" vodka distillery control a production in the finished commodity department of the factory 28 September 2007 in Beslan....
Beslan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A woman stands near chidren's pictures in the destroyed school sport hall in Beslan, 30 May 2007. Beslan holds a mourning...
Beslan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg pays his respect at the destroyed gym in Beslan,...
Beslan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A woman lights a candle at a wall of the destroyed school gymnasium decorated with pictures of the victims during a...
Beslan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Relatives of killed students cry in the destroyed school's gymnasium, where 331 people died in the hostage siege in...
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Famous French couturier Paco Rabanne gestures in front of the screen with internet reproduction of his picture devoted to...
Beslan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A victim's relative mourns at the sport hall of Beslan's school, 01 September 2005, during the commemoration of the...
Beslan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A Russian military combat engineer searches a corridor in the destroyed school of Beslan, 31 August 2005. Russians will...
Beslan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A man looks at pictures of children killed last year in the school sports hall of Beslan, 30 August 2005. Russia marks 01...
Beslan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Ludmila Dzgyeva who lost a daughter during the Beslan hostage drama in the town of Beslan 03 September 2004 stands in the...
Around 200 friends and relatives of victims killed in the Beslan school hostage massacre gather 03 March 2005 in the remains of the school in Beslan...