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Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2004
This article discusses a 52-hour hostage standoff at a school in southern Russia, which resulted in the deaths of more than 330 people, about half of them children. The horrific incident underscored the vulnerability of schools around the world, where the scope of security varies greatly. It has also prompted administrators to reevaluate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Terrorism, School Security, Death