Beslan school siege

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hostage crisis massacre school shooting siege terrorist attack

The Beslan school siege was a 2004 terrorist hostage crisis in North Ossetia, Russia, in which armed militants seized a school and over 330 people—many of them children—were killed after a chaotic three-day standoff.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Beslan school siege canonical 2
Beslan massacre 1
Beslan school hostage crisis 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hostage crisis ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
school shooting ⓘ
siege ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beslan school siege ⓘ
surface form: Beslan massacre

Beslan school siege ⓘ
surface form: Beslan school hostage crisis
causeOf changes in Russian security policy ⓘ
increased counterterrorism measures in Russia ⓘ
public outrage in Russia ⓘ
commander Shamil Basayev ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
endDate 2004-09-03 ⓘ
hasEffect international condemnation of terrorism ⓘ
strengthening of federal control over Russian regions ⓘ
hostageTaker Chechen militants ⓘ
Ingush militants ⓘ
Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
leader Shamil Basayev ⓘ
location Beslan ⓘ
North Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Ossetia NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Ossetia–Alania NERFINISHED ⓘ
School Number One ⓘ
numberOfChildrenTakenHostage over 700 ⓘ
numberOfDays 3 ⓘ
numberOfDeaths 334 ⓘ
over 330 ⓘ
numberOfHostages over 1100 ⓘ
numberOfInjured over 800 ⓘ
opponent Russian special forces ⓘ
surface form: FSB special units

Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form: Russian Interior Ministry troops

Russian security forces ⓘ
Russian special forces ⓘ
partOf Second Chechen War NERFINISHED ⓘ
insurgency in the North Caucasus ⓘ
perpetrator Chechen militants ⓘ
Ingush militants ⓘ
Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs ⓘ
pointInTime September 2004 ⓘ
significantEvent explosions inside the school gymnasium ⓘ
fire in the school gymnasium ⓘ
storming of the school by Russian forces ⓘ
startDate 2004-09-01 ⓘ
target parents ⓘ
schoolchildren ⓘ
teachers ⓘ
victimDemographics predominantly children ⓘ
year 2004 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Chechen War → majorEvent → Beslan school siege ⓘ
Chechen conflict → significantEvent → Beslan school siege ⓘ
Beslan school siege → alsoKnownAs → Beslan school siege ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beslan massacre
Beslan school siege → alsoKnownAs → Beslan school siege ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beslan school hostage crisis