Today is the 19th anniversary of the assault on the captured school in Beslan

September 3, 2023-the 19th anniversary of the assault on school No. 1 of the city of Beslan in North Ossetia, where on September 1, 2004, a group of terrorists was enough for more than 1,100 people-schoolchildren, their parents and teachers. As a result of the capture of hostages and the subsequent assault, 334 were killed, including 186 children. This is the most bloody terrorist attack in the entire modern history of Russia.

In Beslan, the watch watch for the dead began on September 1, the Caucasus reports . In the evenings, hundreds of candles in memory of the dead are in memory of the school in the school. On September 3, a worship was held there, and then the mourning procession went to the Memorial cemetery "City of Angels", where many victims of the tragedy were buried.

In November last year in North Ossetia, Marina Duchko, who suffered during the terrorist attack in Beslan, died -due to illness she began sepsis. She was wounded by a fragment in the spine during the attack and since then moved in a wheelchair.

The circumstances of the capture of hostages, and especially the beginning of the assault, still raise questions . According to the investigation, the decision on the assault was made due to the fact that the terrorists began to act on explosive devices in the gym, where the hostages were located. According to other evidence-which, in particular, are reflected in the investigation of the commission led by State Duma deputy Yuri Saveliev-the explosions occurred due to the shooting of the grenade launchers at the premises of the grenade launchers.

Many residents of Beslan and former hostages accused not only terrorists of the deaths of people, but also the authorities who officially spoke of a fewer hostages than were actually, and also stated that the capturing school did not put forward any demands. In fact, the requirements were - the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya.

The tragedy in Beslan had significant political consequences - in particular, direct elections of governors were canceled for 8 years, the rules of elections to the State Duma changed, and legislation was tightened.

The European Court of Human Rights in 2017 ordered Russia to pay about 3 million euros to relatives of the victims of Beslan. The ECHRdecided that the Russian authorities lost the obligation to prevent a possible threat to people's lives and did not plan the assault in such a way as to minimize the threat of hostages.

• On September 3, Russia celebrates Solidarity Day in the fight against terrorism. On the same day, another memorable date is celebrated, which from this year is called "Victory Day over militaristic Japan and the end of World War II." State Duma deputies indicated that this decision became "one of the countermeasures in response to the unfriendly policy of Japan." Tokyo, according to the Duma, conducts it "in coordination with the collective West" after the start of a large -scale invasion of Ukraine. What does this policy have to the events of the Second World War, the note is not said. At the same time, the unconditional surrender of Japan during the Second World War was signed on September 2, 1945, but the deputies appointed the celebration of Victory Day on September 3 - the day when the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin announced the victory.