Terror From Hell: The Children of Beslan Tell Their Stories (4 of 6)

In Russia, Sept. 1 is the Day of Knowledge, a joyous annual event marking the start of the new school year. But Knowledge Day 2004 was different at School No. 1 in Beslan: A group of heavily armed rebel extremists stormed the school, holding more than a thousand children and adults hostage in a sweltering gymnasium for three days. The harrowing siege ended Sept. 3 in a series of explosions and hail of gunfire that killed some 350 people - half of them children.

Featuring heartbreaking interviews with more than a dozen young survivors, as well as chilling footage shot by the hostage-takers themselves, Children of Beslan explores the devastating impact of violent conflict on children. Through the words of those left orphaned and bereft of family and friends, details of the 57-hour siege emerge, from the confusing first moments, when pupils heard noises they thought were balloons popping, to the numbing hours and days in the overheated gymnasium, to the devastating final hours, when bombs taped to walls and suspended from ceilings went off, and hundreds of panicked hostages, bullets flying around them, began scrambling over the bodies of victims in search of safety. Ranging in age from six to 12, the kids recount the events that robbed them of their family, friends and innocence - describing experiences that are chillingly familiar.

The Beslan siege ultimately killed more adults and children than the tragic 2002 Moscow theater siege by Chechen extremists (chronicled in the 2003 HBO documentary Terror in Moscow). Most surviving children now study at another school in town, with some fearful parents still accompanying them to school. The children's scars, visible and hidden, remain. "I have fewer friends than I used to," says Carat. "The ones who survived - we're not the same funny kids we used to be, we're serious now. We're already grownups. We don't fight any more... Even little boys became adults. Kids understand everything."

Children of Beslan exposes the impact of violent conflict on those who are rarely heard from, but are often the most deeply affected by its aftermath: children. In the tradition of HBO's acclaimed 2003 documentary Through A Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001, , Children of Beslan brings a unique child's perspective to a tragedy.

Children Of Beslan was produced and directed by Ewa Ewart and Leslie Woodhead; executive producers for the BBC, Alan Hayling and Fiona Stourton. For HBO: supervising producer, Lisa Heller; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.

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[NorwegianKafir]

@Chslosers your satanic muhammad loved underage girls, rape, torture, murder, stealing, breaking peace treaties, lying, assassinations, wife beating, pagan rituals like kissing moon stones, slave trade etc. etc.

So yes, no respect for that evil demon possessed man or the religion from Hell invented by Satan himself.

[herzog380]

"After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Grozny became the seat of a separatist government led by Dzhokhar Dudaev. At this time of chaos, many of the remaining Russian and other non-Chechen residents were expelled by groups of militants, adding to a harassment and discrimination from the new authorities.[5] These events are perceived by some as an act of an ethnic cleansing of non-Chechens.." Source Wikipedia

[rockybirddog]

Islam at its finest

[liduq]

Yeap... muslims terrorists will never be men enough to fiight men. That's why they fight children and women unarmed.

Coward as their ''prophet''.

[TheGuyFromHolland1]

Goddamn...

Watching this documantary makes me feel sick

Fucking terrorists rats....

[NorwegianKafir]

@bananaempijama this is jihad pure and simple. They do what their evil pedo-prophet muhammad, the extremely violent psychopath did. Your claim that islamic jihad in the caucasus has nothing to do with religion is pure nonsense.

[bananaempijama]

@NorwegianKafir they use religion to unite on a single purpose,in this case to have a state outside russia's influence.they use religion to call people for their cause.

[NorwegianKafir]

@bananaempijama Muslims are commanded by their evil moon-god allah to wage jihad against kuffar so they can get land and do whatever they want. So why on earth are you able claim that this has nothing to do with religion?

[bananaempijama]

@NorwegianKafir they say is for allah and all that but what they want is piece of land so that they can do whatever they want

[NorwegianKafir]

@bananaempijama eeh, are you on drugs? The terrorists themselves say they do it for Islam. Jihad for the sake of Allah.

[bananaempijama]

funny that people still think this was caused by religion....

[meronmotors]

if this happend in the united states their would be an islamic genocide. And I would be the hitler