Beslan Residents Say Forces Used Grenades
06 April 2005 | Issue 3140
By Anatoly Medetsky and Yana Voitova
Federal prosecutors are investigating claims that forces storming Beslan's School No. 1 last September used flamethrowers and anti-tank grenades, weapons that could have dramatically increased the death toll among hostages.
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