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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Sep 3, 2024, 06:52 AM Sep 3

On September 1, 2004, the Beslan school siege began.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1

• 2004 – The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).

Fri Sep 1, 2023: On this day, September 1, 2004, the Beslan school siege began.
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