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Corrupt Russian military officers were accomplices in Beslan seige
2005-01-30
Russian law enforcement officials allegedly helped terrorists to carry out last September's school massacre in Beslan, Russia, that left 344 people dead, according to the head of a special parliamentary commission. Alexander Torshin, the head of the commission investigating the fatal hostage taking, told Russian media that two accomplices already have been detained, three are being sought and authorities are preparing the legal work to detain two more. Torshin said the suspects included officials ranking "higher than major."

Another Senator who is a member of the commission, Vladimir Kulakov, added that the people who aided the terrorists are not only in Beslan but "at the federal level" and "these people are still at their jobs." He did not identify the officials by name. His comments were quoted by Interfax news agency. The commission has been investigating the Beslan massacre for months. It is expected to release its report this spring. Analysts say the news is not surprising since, shortly after the hostage-taking was over, Russian officials announced that a local policeman had been arrested for "complicity" in the attack. It is not clear whether that policeman is one of those described by Alexander Torshin.
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