Vladimir Putin visited Beslan.
The President
honoured the memory of the victims of the 2004 terrorist attack in Beslan at the City of Angels
memorial cemetery, where he laid flowers at the Tree of Sorrow and another
monument paying tribute to the fighters of the Alpha and Vympel special forces units
killed during the assault. The President visited the memorial housed in school
No. 1 and met with representatives of the Mothers of Beslan Association of Victims of Terrorist Attacks, a North Ossetian regional public organisation.
Then Vladimir Putin toured the Altair Children’s Talent Development
Centre and met with the regional head, Sergei Menyailo.