Beslan school siege

Summary

Beslan school siege is a terrorist attack^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.92% of terrorist_attack entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,065 views/month, #3 of 326).^[2]

Key Facts

• Beslan school siege is located in Beslan^[3].
• Beslan school siege is in the country of Russia^[4].
• Beslan school siege's image is recorded as Beslan school no 1 victim photos.jpg^[5].
• Beslan school siege's instance of is recorded as terrorist attack^[6].
• Beslan school siege's instance of is recorded as massacre^[7].
• Beslan school siege's instance of is recorded as hostage taking^[8].
• Beslan school siege's instance of is recorded as hostage-rescue mission^[9].
• Beslan school siege's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2007000658^[10].
• Beslan school siege's location is recorded as Beslan^[11].
• Beslan school siege's part of is recorded as terrorism in Russia^[12].
• Beslan school siege's part of is recorded as Islamic terrorism^[13].
• Beslan school siege's Commons category is recorded as Beslan school hostage crisis^[14].
• Beslan school siege's located in time zone is recorded as Moscow Time^[15].
• Beslan school siege's armament is recorded as pistol^[16].
• Beslan school siege's armament is recorded as Q37116^[17].
• Beslan school siege's armament is recorded as machine gun^[18].
• Beslan school siege's armament is recorded as grenade launcher^[19].
• Beslan school siege's armament is recorded as explosive belt^[20].
• Beslan school siege's start time is recorded as +2004-09-01T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Beslan school siege's end time is recorded as +2004-09-03T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Beslan school siege's point in time is recorded as +2004-09-00T00:00:00Z^[23].
• Beslan school siege's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.18417, 'lon': 44.54091}^[24].
• Beslan school siege's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03st9z^[25].
• Beslan school siege's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beslan school siege^[26].
• Beslan school siege's described at URL is recorded as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BImbDtC-skM^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Beslan school siege include Voice of Beslan^[28], a non-governmental organization^[29], founded in 2005^[30], headquartered in Beslan^[31].

Why It Matters

Beslan school siege ranks in the top 0.92% of terrorist_attack entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,065 views/month, #3 of 326).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Voice of Beslan^[28], a non-governmental organization^[29], founded in 2005^[30], headquartered in Beslan^[31].