Beslan

British  

/ ˈbɛzlɑːn /

noun

1. a town in the North Ossetian Republic in Russia: scene of a massacre in 2004 when Chechen extremists held a school hostage, leading to a siege in which 344 people were killed. Pop: 35 550 (2002)

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Example Sentences

Her rise to prominence came in 2004, when she reported on the Beslan school siege by Chechen militants.

From BBC

But for two decades now there have been persistent, troubling questions about how Mr Putin and his officials handled the attack on Beslan in their determination not to "give in" to terrorists.

From BBC

But Mr Putin didn’t visit Beslan to empathise.

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Then, officials grossly under reported the number of hostages in Beslan.

From BBC

The prime lesson Mr Putin took from the siege of Beslan was one about increasing control.

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