RUSSIA: MINUTE'S SILENCE HELD AT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN MEMORY OF THE BESLAN SIEGE VICTIMS

Record ID: 649144

  • Title: RUSSIA: MINUTE'S SILENCE HELD AT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN MEMORY OF THE BESLAN SIEGE VICTIMS
  • Date: 7th October 2005
  • Summary: (W2) MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 1, 2005) (REUTERS) FOR DETAILED SHOTLIST 1 - 13 SEE 11527/05 1. WIDE OF SCHOOL NUMBER 228 IN MOSCOW 2. SCHOOL CHILDREN, PARENTS AND TEACHERS OUTSIDE SCHOOL ENTRANCE 3. POLICEMAN AT SCHOOL GATES 4. CLOSE-UP OF POLICEMAN 5. FIRST YEAR SCHOOL CHILDREN CARRYING FLOWERS FOR THEIR TEACHERS STANDING IN LINE OUTSIDE SCHOOL 6. GROUP OF OLDER STUDENTS 7. YOUNG BOY HOLDING UP SIGN INDICATING THE NUMBER OF THE CLASS 8. PARENTS AND TEACHERS OUTSIDE SCHOOL 9. OLDER STUDENT CARRYING YOUNG GIRL WHO IS A FIRST YEAR STUDENT AND YOUNG GIRL RINGING THE SCHOOL BELL 10. FIRST YEAR PUPILS BEING LED INTO CLASSES BY SENIOR SCHOOL PUPILS 11. WIDE OF CLASSROOM WITH FIRST YEAR PUPILS 12. VARIOUS OF CHILDREN IN CLASS 13. WIDE OF TEACHER IN CLASS 1.39 14. MV SENIOR SCHOOL PUPILS STANDING AND HOLDING A MINUTE'S SILENCE IN CLASS (2 SHOTS) 1.51 15. WIDE PUPILS SEATED IN CLASS AFTER HOLDING MINUTE'S SILENCE FOR BESLAN VICTIMS 2.04 16. SLV GROUP OF MEDICAL STUDENTS WALKING UP TO THE NORTH OSSETIAN REPUBLIC MISSION IN MOSCOW; SLV SIGN OUTSIDE THE NORTH OSSETIAN REPUBLIC MISSION (VARIOUS) 2.15 17. SLV STUDENTS LAYING FLOWERS AND SOFT TOYS ON PAVEMENT OUTSIDE NORTH OSSETIAN REPUBLIC MISSION OFFICES; SCU FLOWERS AND SOFT TOYS (VARIOUS) 2.28 18. SLV MEDICAL STUDENTS OBSERVING A MINUTE'S SILENCE OUTSIDE NORTH OSSETIAN REPUBLIC MISSION; SCU MEDICAL STUDENTS OBSERVING A MINUTE'S SILENCE (VARIOUS) 2.38 19. SCU FLOWERS AT ENTRANCE TO THE NORTH OSSETIAN REPUBLIC MISSION; SLV STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE NORTH OSSETIAN REPUBLIC MISSION (VARIOUS) 2.47 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVAEN8JPOYVZGUK3DYFAYSNHJ922
  • Story Text: Minute's silence held at schools across Russia in
    memory of the Beslan siege victims.


    Schools opened across Russia on Thursday (September
    1, 2005) with a minute's silence held in memory of the victims of
    the siege of a school in the town of Beslan one year ago.

    September 1 marks the start of the new academic year in
    Russia, the date has been pushed back in Beslan.

    At Moscow's school no. 228, students observed a minute's
    silence for the Beslan victims before the start of classes
    on Thursday (September 1).

    Earlier at a traditional ceremony, a first year student
    had rung a bell to herald the start of the new academic
    year. Parents at school no. 228 looked on and a policeman
    kept watch as pupils presented their teachers with gifts of
    flowers.

    Exactly a year ago, more than 1,000 parents and children
    had arrived at school No. 1, many carrying flowers for
    their teachers, a tradition on the first day of term.

    But they were greeted by heavily armed gunmen who held
    them for three days, killing many of the male hostages and
    withholding drinking water, forcing some children to drink
    urine.

    In a bloody climax on Sept. 3, an explosion in the
    sports hall prompted security forces to storm the school.

    331 people, more than half of them children, died in the
    ****(some text missing)****
    In Moscow on Thursday, a group of medical students laid
    floral tributes and placed soft toys outside the North
    Ossetian republic offices in memory of those who died in
    Beslan.

    Some Beslan relatives say many victims died because
    officials botched the rescue operation. They say they will
    take their grievances to Russian President Vladimir Putin
    when they meet him in the Kremlin on Friday.


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