Russia is marking the 10th anniversary of the tragedy of School N1 in Beslan. Commemorations will take place from September 1 to 3, the three days pupils and teachers at the school were kept as hostages in 2004. The terrorist attack started at 9.15am. North Ossetian Leader Taymuraz Mamsurov and public officials will commemorate the 334 people killed in the attack.
The Mothers of Beslan conference will be organized today. Documentaries will be demonstrated at the Culture House of the Pravoberezhny District in the evening. September 2 will be a day of silence. A requiem and a photography exhibition will be organized at the Culture Palace. On September 3, Father Vasily Shauerman will read prayers at School N1 at 9.00am, followed by mourning until 1.05pm. 334 white balloons will rise after a minute of silence.
A sacred procession at the City of Angels Cemetery, where 226 victims of the terrorists were buried, will start at 1.30pm. Their names will be read out at 2.30pm. New pupils of Beslan will release 334 balloons.
Russia will join the annual mourning on September 3, which has been Anti-Terrorism Solidarity Day since 2005. Commemorations will be organized in Krasnodar, Blagoveshchensk, Irkutsk, Kazan, Omsk, Ufa, Khabarovsk and other Russian cities.
Mourning will be held at the exploded house N19 on the Guryanov Street and near the theater center of Dubrovka on Melnikov Street at 3.00pm. An exhibition of Journalist James Hill, who took photos of the school right after the attack, the cemetery, funerals, will be opened on September 4.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev issued 327.7 million rubles for housing construction for victims of the terrorist attacks.
Memorials for victims of the school tragedy have been opened in Beslan, Saint-Petersburg, Moscow and Florence.
Russia is marking the 10th anniversary of the tragedy of School N1 in Beslan. Commemoration will take place on September 1-3, the three days pupils and teachers at the school were kept as hostages in 2004. The terrorist attack started at 9.15am. North Ossetian Leader Taymuraz Mamsurov and public officials will commemorate the 334 people killed in the attack.The Mothers of Beslan conference will be organized today. Documentaries will be demonstrated t the Culture House of the Pravoberezhny District in the evening. September 2 will be the silence day. A requiem and a photo exhibition will be organized at the Culture Palace. On September 3, Father Vasily Shauerman will read prayers at School N1 at 9.00am, followed by mourning until 1.05pm. 334 white balloons will rise after a minute of silence.A sacred procession will start at the City of Angels Cemetery, where 226 victims of terrorists were buried, will start at 1.30pm. Their names will be read out at 2.30pm. New pupils of Beslan will release 334 balloons.Russia will join the annual mourning on September 3, the Anti-Terrorism Solidarity Day since 2005. Commemorations will be organized in Krasnodar, Blagoveshchensk, Irkutsk, Kazan, Omsk, Ufa, Khabarovsk and other Russian cities.Mourning will be held at the exploded house N19 on the Guryanov Street and near the theater center of Dubrovka on Melnikov Street at 3.00pm. An exhibition of Journalist James Hill, who made photos of the school right after the attack, the cemetery, funerals, will be open on September 4.Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev issued 327.7 million rubles for housing construction for victims of the terrorist attacks.Memorials for victims of the school tragedy have been opened in Beslan, Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Floren
