Beslan bells toll as Russia marks hostage tragedy anniversary
AFP, September, 2005
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BESLAN, Russia (AFP) — Bells tolled in Beslan one year to the minute after gunmen demanding the pullout of Russian troops from Chechnya seized a primary school, triggering a hostage crisis that left more than 300 people dead and horrified the world.
The bells rang at precisely 9:15 am (0515 GMT) on Thursday and were followed by Mozart's Requiem played quietly at the site of the attack where hundreds of people, victims' families and others, placed flowers in the ruins of the school's gymnasium where most of the victims died.
Security was tight and streets in the area around the destroyed school were cordoned off by police while people were required to pass through metal detectors to enter the school grounds and walk outside the gymnasium, where photographs of the victims were posted on walls.
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