Do you remember this incident?
History is so important, helping us see the bigger picture, so, I will take the time (even as we prepare for our mid-term Primary elections) to remind you about this horrific event, and what caused it to happen.
Six years ago, on September 1, 2004 (the first day of school), about 40 Chechen Terrorists stormed a school in Beslan, Russia (North Ossetia, North Caucasus), taking everyone hostage. "Everyone" constituted 1,128 people, many of them school children, aged 6 to 13. Two days later, as police and military forces attempted to retake the school, the terrorists had killed approx. 330 people, including 187 children. Hundreds of others were severely wounded, both physically and emotionally.
One of the aspects of this horrible event is never really discussed openly. The terrorism and killings, gruesome enough alone, also included "sexual terror". Labeled "sexual homicide", these terrorists were not satisfied with rape alone; they also needed to kill their victims, to gain complete satisfaction. Fueled by Russian defiance and downplaying of their act, and realizing that they would not get out of this situation alive, the terrorists’ actions during these 3 days were driven by an unspeakable combination of ideology, rage, sadism, and perversion.
The terrorists, which included women, took great pleasure in the raping, torturing, humiliating, and deprivation of their victims. Oppressive heat, creating dire thirst among the hostages, became an additional implement of pain and suffering. Still not satisifed, they taunted the growing crowd of families outside the school, shooting off their weapons, petrifying the horrified observers.
The BBC produced a 6-part series, documenting the "Children of Beslan". If you have some time to watch, please do.
If you don’t have the time, watch this emotional 10-minute montage.
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