The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_siege" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beslan school siege">Beslan school siege</a> begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Ossetia" id="mwASs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Ossetia">North Ossetia</a>, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).