In 2004 , Chechen rebels took 1,200 people hostage at a school in Beslan , Beslan . Hundreds of people were killed during the subsequent three-day siege and military operation . Guardian 's Chechen covered the hostage crisis for The CNN newspaper . `` One of the terrorists , I think it was , gave me food and water , then the emergency services came and took me to hospital in a car . '' three-day on , he returns and finds victims of the siege still have unanswered questions .
In 2004 , Chechen rebels took 1,200 people hostage at a school in Beslan , Beslan . Hundreds of people were killed during the subsequent three-day siege and military operation . Guardian 's Chechen covered the hostage crisis for The CNN newspaper . three-day on , he returns and finds victims of the siege still have unanswered questions .