Schoolchildren to hold minute’s silence for Beslan victims

Primary school children in Ireland are due to take part in a worldwide minute’s silence at midday for the victims of last week’s bloody siege in the Russian town of Beslan.

Schoolchildren to hold minute’s silence for Beslan victims

Primary school children in Ireland are due to take part in a worldwide minute’s silence at midday for the victims of last week’s bloody siege in the Russian town of Beslan.

At least 335 people were killed when Russian soldiers stormed a school where suspected Chechen rebels had been holding around 1,200 adults and children hostage for more than two days.

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