Some three dozen Chechen militants took more than 1,200 people hostage at a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, on September 1, 2004. The drama ended days later after Russian forces stormed the school.

A young Chechen accused in last year's deadly terrorist attack at a school in southern Russia is now on trial. Former hostages, including many parents who lost children, are using the first phase of ...

Here's a look at the Beslan School Siege. On September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels took approximately 1,200 children and adults hostage at a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia, at approximately ...

BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - Mourners lit candles and placed icons on Sunday beneath photographs of the schoolchildren, teachers and parents who died 20 years ago when Islamist gunmen staged the ...

The Beslan school massacre began on September 1, 2004 when Chechen rebels seized School Number One in the southern Russian city and took more than 1,100 people hostage. It ended 52 hours later in ...

Shamil Basayev started as a Chechen separatist fighter but evolved into one of the deadliest terrorists in Russian history.

ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin today ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western leaders who are pressing for a ...