Aid pouring into Beslan

News24 , South Africa
Sept 10 2004

Moscow – More than 150 tons of humanitarian aid has arrived in the
southern Russian town of Beslan from around the world, civil defence
authorities in Moscow said on Friday, a week after the tragic end of
the school siege.

Medicine and medical equipment, clothing, food and even mobile
hospitals and emergency vehicles were received from donors inside
Russia, Italy, Germany, France, the United States, Norway, Finland
and other countries.

Greece and Armenia also sent more than 200 litres of blood as doctors
battle to save the lives of dozens of former hostages injured in the
three-day school siege.

Following the sacking of local government heads in North Ossetia and
the appointment of successors, the republic’s president Alexander
Dzasokhov said reconstruction work in the town would commence quickly.

“We are talking about two new schools, a modern hospital, a
rehabilitation centre and more infrastructure,” he said.

At least 335 hostages were killed and more than 700 injured when
gunmen blew up bombs in the school and opened fire on the hostages,
triggering a chaotic rescue operation by security forces. – Sapa-dpa

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress