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Latest count: Nearer to 300 dead, about 700 injured. In other words... just about everybody they took hostage.
And the story we have for how it started is hostage taker blew himself up (many were wearing suicide belts), taking out a wall. This allowed some children to flee, and they were promptly blasted in the backs with shotguns.
The Russians then had no choice but to storm the building.
I don't think it's fair to blame how the Russians handled the situation. I don't think they could have done much more. As for it lasting 4 hours? What is your point? Some hostage takers had holed themselves into the basement, with children with them... how do you get to them?
Especially when the whole school was booby-trapped...
This is a huge tragedy, but one which couldn't be predicted or countered effectively.
And one small point; Putin says about 10 of the militants were from... a certain middle eastern region.
And the story we have for how it started is hostage taker blew himself up (many were wearing suicide belts), taking out a wall. This allowed some children to flee, and they were promptly blasted in the backs with shotguns.
The Russians then had no choice but to storm the building.
I don't think it's fair to blame how the Russians handled the situation. I don't think they could have done much more. As for it lasting 4 hours? What is your point? Some hostage takers had holed themselves into the basement, with children with them... how do you get to them?
Especially when the whole school was booby-trapped...
This is a huge tragedy, but one which couldn't be predicted or countered effectively.
And one small point; Putin says about 10 of the militants were from... a certain middle eastern region.
