Former hostages have been counted, but militants have not yet been counted

According to the Ministry of Public Education of North Ossetia, 1,181 people were taken hostage in the Beslan school. According to RBC, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, there are currently 520 people in republican hospitals. According to doctors, children are mostly in a state of shock, some cannot give their names and surnames. 6 children with their parents were sent by EMERCOM planes to Moscow. All necessary equipment and medicines are delivered to Beslan.

According to official figures, 322 people, including 155 children, were killed in the attack. Such figures were given to journalists by Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Sergei Fridinsky. According to him, the death toll may increase due to the fact that the removal of rubble continues.

The exact number of militants killed is still unknown. According to RBC's source in the operational headquarters, there were about 40 of them. Earlier it was reported that 20 terrorists were killed, 9 of which were Arab mercenaries, and one was black. Later, information appeared that the bodies of 8 more militants were found at the school. Thus, we can talk about at least 28 liquidated bandits. One of them was beaten to death by local residents. Also, 3 terrorists were captured alive, they are being interrogated. A female suicide bomber was also detained, who fled from school wearing a white coat of a nurse before that. She tried to break into the hospital to blow it up. After she failed, the shahid went to the operational headquarters, where she was captured.