Logic & Sanity

School seized in Russia.

Breaking...

gazeta.ru:

Chechen terrorists (male and female) have seized school #1 in Beslan, North Osetia.
They are holding 600 students, parents and teachers.
They demand the release of 27 terrorists who were recently arrested in
a raid in Ingushetia. Terrorists have mined the area around the school, and reportedly the female terrorists are wearing suicide belts. Terrorists have announced, via a loudspeaker, that they will kill 20 students for each terrorist killed by the police. They have also made the students stand in order to prevent the police from shooting at the windows.
About the school. School #1 has a capacity of 895 students
and 59 teachers.

I will keep updating from various russian wires every 5-15 minutes.

UPDATES

Terrorist bastards!

Gazeta.ru reports
that a car bomb went off in Moscow. 8 dead, 18+ wounded.
On a related note, the 2 chechen women who are suspected of blowing up the russian planes last week, were travelling with 2 others - Rosa Nagayeva and Mariam Taburova. There is no record of them being on the flight. Authorities are looking for them.

More photos here.

UPDATE

A witness is claiming to have seen a female suicide bomber set off the explosion. FSB is investigating.

1TV is reporting that the bomb was filled with bolts and other small metalic objects.