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Events on Wednesday 1 September 2004 1
2004Beslan school siegeChechen militants seize a school in North OssetiaArmed militants took over 1,100 hostages, mostly children, at School Number One in Beslan, Russia. The three-day siege ended in chaos and explosions, leaving over 330 people dead, including 186 children. It remains one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Russian history.