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Five years on, 334 balloons mark Beslan tragedy
Updated On: 04 September, 2009 08:58 AM IST | | Agencies
Russia Hundreds of mourners stood in silence in Beslan on Thursday as schoolchildren released white balloons in memory of the 334 people who died in Russia's most wrenching hostage tragedy five years ago.
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Russia Hundreds of mourners stood in silence in Beslan on Thursday as schoolchildren released white balloons in memory of the 334 people who died in Russia's most wrenching hostage tragedy five years ago.
A thousand mourners including survivors and relatives of those perished in the Beslan school hostage massacre gathered outside the crumbling ruins of School Number One in the small town in the turbulent Caucasus region.
They marked the moment at 1.05 pm when an explosion inside the school triggered a disastrous rescue operation.
The schoolchildren released into the blue sky 334 white balloons, one for each of the dead, as a bell tolled.
Five years on, a host of questions about the siege and the subsequent rescue operation remain unanswered and survivors, relatives and parents say they have yet to see a fair investigation into the tragedy.
A thousand mourners including survivors and relatives of those perished in the Beslan school hostage massacre gathered outside the crumbling ruins of School Number One in the small town in the turbulent Caucasus region.
They marked the moment at 1.05 pm when an explosion inside the school triggered a disastrous rescue operation.
The schoolchildren released into the blue sky 334 white balloons, one for each of the dead, as a bell tolled.
Five years on, a host of questions about the siege and the subsequent rescue operation remain unanswered and survivors, relatives and parents say they have yet to see a fair investigation into the tragedy.
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