Beslan

Target entity: Beslan
Context triple: [North Ossetia, hasMajorCity, Beslan]

• A. Beslan school siege
  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.
• B. Moscow theater hostage crisis
  The Moscow theater hostage crisis was a 2002 terrorist siege in which Chechen militants took hundreds of people captive in a Moscow theater, ending with a controversial Russian special forces assault that caused numerous deaths among hostages and attackers.
• C. Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis
  The Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis was a 1996 Chechen militant raid and mass hostage-taking in southern Russia that escalated into a major standoff and battle with Russian forces during the First Chechen War.
• D. Budennovsk hospital hostage crisis
  The Budennovsk hospital hostage crisis was a 1995 terrorist siege in southern Russia in which Chechen militants took hundreds of civilians hostage in a hospital, leading to a deadly standoff and a temporary ceasefire in the First Chechen War.
• E. Nyanya bombings
  The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Beslan
Target entity description: Beslan is a town in Russia’s North Ossetia–Alania best known internationally as the site of the tragic 2004 school hostage crisis.

• A. Beslan school siege
  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.
• B. Moscow theater hostage crisis
  The Moscow theater hostage crisis was a 2002 terrorist siege in which Chechen militants took hundreds of people captive in a Moscow theater, ending with a controversial Russian special forces assault that caused numerous deaths among hostages and attackers.
• C. Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis
  The Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis was a 1996 Chechen militant raid and mass hostage-taking in southern Russia that escalated into a major standoff and battle with Russian forces during the First Chechen War.
• D. Budennovsk hospital hostage crisis
  The Budennovsk hospital hostage crisis was a 1995 terrorist siege in southern Russia in which Chechen militants took hundreds of civilians hostage in a hospital, leading to a deadly standoff and a temporary ceasefire in the First Chechen War.
• E. Nyanya bombings
  The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
• F. None of above. chosen