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MOSCOW, Sept. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- About 200 chidlren
hostages on Friday managed to escape the school when Russian special forces
stormed the school seized by gunmen Wednesday morning and hostage-takers tried
to flee the school.
Gunfire and large explosions continued even after the
special forces took control of the school.
Five hostage-takers were killed and Russian special
forces werepursuing two female kidnappers, dressed in white, who managed to flee
the seiged school towards the south of the town.
The Interfax news agency said that several
hostage-takers who managed to escape the storming of school are in a local
residence surrounded by Russian troops.
It also said that all the hostages have been
evacuated from the school gymnasium.
Russian TV footage show paramedics carrying
stretchers entered the school and brought children to amublences.
Some half-naked children drank heavily from bottles
of water after two days without drink.
Interfax said some of the hostage-takers, believed to number about 40, had tried to break out through crowds of frantic relatives waiting near the school as Russian special forces moved in.
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