>>15961668Biesłan, yes.
> We have mined the school! We have hostages! Children! You have to talk to us! > Whose children? > Uh, I dunno, locals? > Pity. Open fire! They opened fire and stopped once there was no movement. Don't think it was a fuck up though, Russia has plenty of rural snotgoblins and optics wise using child hostages was a loss for the Chechens which desensitized Russians to anything that might be done to them.