On September 3 the delegation of the Russian United Democratic
Party YABLOKO participated in the memory action of the tragedy
of hostages in Beslan school No 1, North Ossetia. The delegation
was led by YABLOKO’s Chair Sergei Mitrokhin.
Six years ago on September 1, terrorists seized school No
1 in Beslan, North Ossetia, with all schoolchildren, teachers
and parents present at the ceremony of the beginning of the
school year. The act of terror took the lives of 330 people
(including 186 children). Over 700 people were injured.
The action took place by the memorial for the victims of the
tragedy in Moscow by the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin in Kulishki. A minute of silence will be held at 1.05
p.m., when six years ago the first explosion in the school
No 1 in Beslan, took place. After the minute of silence the
delegation laid flowers to the memorial and launched in the
air 334 white balloons in memory of the 334 children killed.
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